The Anthropology of Performance is an invaluable guide to
this exciting and growing area. This cutting-edge volume on
the major advancements in performance studies presents the
theories, methods, and practices of performance in cultures around
the globe. Leading anthropologists describe the range of human
expression through performance and explore its role in constructing
identity and community, as well as broader processes such as
globalization and transnationalism.
* Introduces new and advanced students to the task of studying
and interpreting complex social, cultural, and political events
from a performance perspective
* Presents performance as a convergent field of inquiry that
bridges the humanities and social sciences, with a distinctive
cross-cultural perspective in anthropology
* Demonstrates the range of human expression and meaning through
performance in related fields of religious & ritual studies,
folkloristics, theatre, language arts, and art & dance
* Explores the role of performance in constructing identity,
community, and the broader processes of globalization and
transnationalism
* Includes fascinating global case studies on a diverse range of
phenomena
* Contributions from leading scholars examine verbal genres,
ritual and drama, public spectacle, tourism, and the performances
embedded in everyday selves, communities and nations
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments to Sources vii
The Anthropology of Performance: An Introduction 1
Frank J. Korom
Part I Performance in Prehistory and Antiquity 9
1 Singing the Rug: Patterned Textiles and the Origins of Indo-European Metrical Poetry 11
Anthony Tuck
2 Performance and Written Literature in Classical Greece: Envisaging Performance from Written Literature and Comparative Contexts 26
Rosalind Thomas
Part II Verbal Genres of Performance 37
3 Playing the Dozens 39
Roger D. Abrahams
4 The La Have Island General Store: Sociability and Verbal Art in a Nova Scotia Community 49
Richard Bauman
5 Proverbs and the Ethnography of Speaking Folklore 61
E. Ojo Arewa and Alan Dundes
6 Gbaya Riddles in Changing Times 73
Philip A. Noss
7 Shadows of Song: Exploring Research and Performance Strategies in Yolngu Women’s Crying-Songs 80
Fiona Magowan
Part III Ritual, Drama, and Public Spectacle 95
8 Prayer as Person: The Performative Force in Navajo Prayer Acts 97
Sam D. Gill
9 Performance and the Cultural Construction of Reality 107
Edward L. Schieffelin
10 ‚He Should Have Worn a Sari‘: A ‚Failed‘ Performance of a Central Indian Oral Epic 124
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
11 Representing History: Performing the Columbian Exposition 133
Rosemarie K. Bank
12 The Palio of Siena: Performance and Process 150
Alice Pomponio Logan
Part IV Performance and Politics in the Making of Communities 165
13 Poetry and Politics in a Transylvanian Village 167
Gail Kligman
14 The Matter of Talk: Political Performances in Bhatgaon 174
Donald Brenneis
15 Celebrating Cricket: The Symbolic Construction of Caribbean Politics 183
Frank E. Manning
16 Performing the Nation: China’s Children as Little Red Pioneers 199
T.E. Woronov
Part V Tourist Performances and the Global Ecumene 215
17 The Promise of Sonic Translation: Performing the Festive Sacred in Morocco 217
Deborah A. Kapchan
18 Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaidô and the Shaping of Ainu Identity 234
Lisa Hiwasaki
19 What They Came With: Carnival and the Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the Diaspora 250
Esiaba Irobi
20 Global Breakdancing and the Intercultural Body 260
Halifu Osumare
Further Readings 273
Index 287
Über den Autor
Frank J. Korom is Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University, where he teaches courses on verbal art, anthropology of religion, and cultures of South Asia. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in India, Sri Lanka, Trinidad, amongst other places. His interests range from ritual and performance studies to visual and material culture. His extensive publications include Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora (2003) and Village of Painters: Narrative Scrolls from West Bengal (2006).
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