Sujets :
Sémiotique et arts du cirque
Arts du cirque - Philosophie et théorie
Art équestre - Philosophie et théorie
Jonglerie - Philosophie et théorie
Magie - Philosophie et théorie
Dressage - Philosophie et théorie
Art clownesque - Philosophie et théorie
Affiches de spectacles de cirque
Communication visuelle

Dépouillement du document :

1. Circus and culture
2. The circus as multimedia language
3. Structure and meaning of acrobatic acts
4. The performing horse : heads and tails
5. On jugglers and magicians : some aspects of the semantics of circus performances
6. Poetics in the lions’ Den : the circus act as text
7. Circus performance as ritual : an aspect of animal acts
8. Equine exhibitions as poetic discourse
9. Clown performances as metacultural texts
10. The semiotics of the circus poster

Résumé :
Approaching the circus from the unique perspective of one who not only knows about language and sign systems but has actually has been the owner and manager of an experimental circus, Paul Bouissac has written a pioneering book that will fascinate students of communication, popular culture, symbolic anthropology, and poetics, as well as semioticians and readers in a variety of fields who are concerned with performance as an aspect of culture...

Remerciement au donateur : Cirque du Soleil

Collection : Collection documentaire du Cirque du Soleil

Localisation : Bibliothèque

Cote : 791.301 B762c 1976

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