The Anthropology of Performance

by Victor Turner, Richard Schechner (Photographer)

Turner is all over the globe as he addresses issues of cultural performance, carnival, film, theatre, and "performing ethnography" to break new ground in anthropological thinking about event, spectacle, and audience. One of his last writings, "Body, Brain, and Culture" links cerebral neurology and anthropology studies in a fascinating interface.

Genres: Anthropology, Theatre, Social Science, Science, Nonfiction, Art

185 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Victor Witter Turner was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols, rituals, and rites of passage. His work, along with that of Clifford Geertz and others, is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of good learnin' in this book.

[Moira · Rating 2 out of 5]

Era bueno... pero un poco cabezon... con palabras descriptivas acerca de ritos y rituales...pero con palabras grandes complicadas y que NO aparecen ni si quiera en el diccionario ingles ingles!!!

DEspues de leerlo en 1 fin de semana y analizarlo y hacer una presentacion del mismo...puedo decir que es del tipo de libro que hacen sentido 2 anios despues de haberlo leido...

En todo caso.. es muy interesante...

[Gwyneth Talley · Rating 4 out of 5]

The is a dramatugical approach to the anthropology of performance by the famous anthropologist and theorist Victor Turner. Offers good insights, approaches and ethnographic examples of performance throughout the world.

[Austin Bunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Abstract, but fascinating: what is the experience of experience?

[Geraldine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just read a portion. Would like to read the entire book, however I loved what I've read so far. Can relate to many questions I have about human nature.

[Roselena Vargas]

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