The Semiotics of Performances
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-37266-5 (ISBN)
Drawing on semiotic developments of the past five decades, this book introduces students to the semiotic analysis of live performances and provides them with a clear method for untangling the multimodal complexity of performance from the spectator’s point of view.
Presenting live performances as two-way communication processes, social events, and cognitive and affective experiences, each chapter of this highly accessible book begins first with an overview of the basics. This is followed by a case study, and moves through to a more advanced discussion, accompanied by suggestions for exercises and further reading. Diagrams and flow charts help to clearly illustrate the conceptual tools used in the analytical process, and a companion website contains recorded extracts from the live performances discussed in the book, which students can use to put their knowledge into practice. The book explores a broad range of performance types from across different cultures, including music, opera, ballet, theatre, circus, mime, improvisation, and immersion. It offers a guide for understanding the way in which a performance is produced, from an initial idea through to the final presentation in front of a live audience, and provides the reader with the tools and understanding they need for a successful semiotic analysis of live performance.
Paul Bouissac is Professor Emeritus at Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada. He is a world renowned figure in semiotics and a pioneer of circus studies. He runs the Semioticon, an Open Semiotics Resource Center, which has a global readership.
List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: The Real-Life Experience of Attending a Live Performance
1. Performance as Communication Process
2. Performance as Creative Process
3. The Construction of Performing Identities: From Person to Persona
4. Performance as Social Process
5. Performance as Affective Experience
6. Performance as Cognitive Experience: Narrative Structures and Relevance
7. Performance as Text: Description and Interpretation of Ephemeral Events
8. Performance as Metaphor: Performing Roles in Everyday Life
9. Beyond Performance: Social Impact, Reflexivity, and Transformative Experience
10. The Rules of Performance: The Felicity Conditions
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 16 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 238 mm |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-37266-8 / 1350372668 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-37266-5 / 9781350372665 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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