Research Catalog

Title

Ritual, play, and performance : readings in the social sciences/theatre / edited by Richard Schechner and Mady Schuman.

Publication

New York : Seabury Press, 1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schechner, Richard, 1934-
• Schuman, Mady, 1950-

Description

xviii, 230 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

International Theatre Institute / Martha W. Coigney Collection

Series Statement

A Continuum book

Subjects

• Rites and ceremonies
• Theater and society
• Human behavior

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230).

Contents

Introduction : The fan and the web / R. Schechner -- Ethology : The roots of art / A. Alland, Jr. Habit, ritual, and magic / K. Lorenz. The chest-beating sequence of the mountain gorilla / G. Schaller. The rain dance / J.V. Lawick-Goodall -- Play : Nature and significance of play as a cultural phenomenon / J. Huizinga. A theory of play and fantasy / G. Bateson. The science of the concrete / C. Lévi-Strauss -- Ritual and performance in everyday life : It depends on the point of view / R.L. Birdwhistell. Performances / E. Goffman. Social dramas and ritual metaphors / V. Turner -- Shamanism, trance, meditation : The shaman's tent of the Evenks / A.F. Anisimov. The shamanistic origins of popular entertainments / E.T. Kirby. Trance experience in Bali / J. Belo -- Rites, ceremonies, performances : Desert rituals and the sacred life / R.A. Gould. The theatre's new testament / J. Grotowski. From ritual to theatre and back / R. Schechner.

Call Number

MWE 04-1256

ISBN

0816492859

LCCN

76006910

OCLC

2089628

Title

Ritual, play, and performance : readings in the social sciences/theatre / edited by Richard Schechner and Mady Schuman.

Imprint

New York : Seabury Press, 1976.

Series

A Continuum book

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-230).

Added Author

Schechner, Richard, 1934-

Schuman, Mady, 1950-

Research Call Number

MWE 04-1256