The Semiotics of Performances: An Introduction to the Analysis, Interpretation, and Theory of the Performing Arts
Author:   Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781350372658


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
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Author:   Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac (University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:  

9781350372658


ISBN 10:   135037265
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   23 January 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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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

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A balanced, clear introduction, with semiotic, linguistic, sociology and communication perspectives, and close practical analysis of performances and performer comments, in a wide range of types (drama, dance, circus, music). This is an invaluable education text, and wide ranging tool for performers, theatre students and scholars, and general arts readers. * Geoffrey Sykes, Editor Southern Semiotic Review, Australia *


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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.

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