Local acts : community-based performance in the United States /
The author surveys community-based performance in the US from its roots to present-day popular culture. She describes performances and processes, and shows how ritualism reinforces community identification while aestheticism enables locals to transgress cultural norms.
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Main Author: | Cohen-Cruz, Jan, 1950- |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2005.
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Series: | Rutgers series on the public life of the arts.
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