Carnival and Theater: Plebeian Culture and the Structure of Authority in Renaissance EnglandIn Elizabethan England, the theatre was not so much an art form but the site of active institution-making, and a celebration of collective life. Bristol develops this argument by drawing on the work of Bakhtin and Durkheim. |
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Playing the old works historically | 8 |
The social function of festivity | 26 |
Carnival and plebeian culture | 40 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Performance Analysis: An Introductory Coursebook Colin Counsell,Laurie Wolf No preview available - 2001 |