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Circus and culture : a semiotic approach / Paul Bouissac.
- Title
- Circus and culture : a semiotic approach / Paul Bouissac.
- Author
- Bouissac, Paul.
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1976.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 206 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Advances in semiotics.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Circus and culture.--The circus as multimedia language.--Structure and meaning of acrobatic acts.--The performing horse.--On jugglers and magicians.--Poetics in the lion's den.--Circus performance as ritual.--Equine exhibitions as poetic discourse.--Clown performances as metacultural texts.--The semiotics of the circus poster.
- Call Number
- MWF 77-617
- ISBN
- 0253313546
- LCCN
- 75028912
- OCLC
- 2201913
- NYPG774170751-B
- Author
- Bouissac, Paul.
- Title
- Circus and culture : a semiotic approach / Paul Bouissac.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1976.
- Series
- Advances in semiotics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWF 77-617