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OverviewNowadays pageants often take the form of parades of effervescent young women competing for popular recognition in hyped up media events. However, these beauty pageants are a mere pastiche of the elaborate historical parades of the medieval period that took significant, social, religious, or civic events and their protagonists, as subjects. Pageants were historically characterized by resplendent costuming and elaborate processions that were often given to much pomp and ceremony. Pageantry has formed an important part of the civic life of most societies, both ancient and modern, serving a variety of cultural and political purposes. The use of drama and public spectacle as an instrument of civic, social, and religious activism has recently become the focus of renewed academic inquiry. The essays in this interdisciplinary anthology provide carefully researched insights into the phenomenon of pageantry over the centuries and across broad cultural boundaries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Herman du ToitPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Edition: Unabridged edition Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9781443812498ISBN 10: 1443812498 Pages: 250 Publication Date: 02 November 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationHerman du Toit is Head of Museum Research at the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. He was awarded a J.Paul Getty Fellowship for his doctoral study of interpretive practices at American art museums. His research interests are focused primarily on art museum education and visitor studies. In addition to numerous articles, his book publications include: Art and Spirituality: The Visual Culture of Christian Faith (ed), (2008), and The Modernist-Utopian Art of Karl Momen, (2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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