Theatre, sacrifice, ritual : exploring forms of political theatre / Erika Fischer-Lichte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer-Lichte, Erika.

Germany, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pageants.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this fascinating volume, acclaimed theatre historian Erika Fischer-Lichte reflects on the role and meaning accorded to the theme of sacrifice in Western cultures as mirrored in particular fusions of theatre and ritual. Theatre, Sacrifice, Ritual presents a radical re-definition of ritual theatre through analysis of performances as diverse as:Max Reinhardt's new people's theatrethe mass spectacles of post-revolutionary RussiaAmerican Zionist pageantsthe Olympic Games.In offering both a performative and a semiotic analysis of suc

Contents:

Prologue : Electra's transgressions

Reconceptualizing theatre and ritual

Re-inventing a people's theatre : Max Reinhardt's Theatre of the five thousand

Re-inventing ritual : the Olympic Games

Times of revolution, times of festival : the Soviet mass spectacles, 1917-1920

Producing the Volk community : the Thingspiel movement 1933-36

Towards the rebirth of a nation : American Zionist pageants 1932-1946

Bringing about a crisis

The Bacchae : dismembering the text

The rebirth of tragedy out of the chorus

Epilogue : renouncing sacrifice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-47429-6

1-281-15750-3

9786611157500

0-203-96930-8

9780203969304

OCLC:

476090221