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Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China / edited by Hans Beck and Griet Vankeerberghen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Antiquity in Global Context Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history--To 500.
- Social history.
- Greece--Social life and customs.
- Greece.
- Rome--Social life and customs.
- Rome.
- China--Social life and customs--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 471 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press & Assessment, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This book examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in specific locations. It highlights conceptions of place and performance, seeing both as crucial to the production of cultural meaning and communal cohesion, and as heavily dependent on the prevailing political culture. Whether urban or rural, global or local, central or fringe, public or private, real or imagined, theatrical or ritual, the places and performances highlighted serve to show both commonalities and differences between the ancient Mediterranean and early China. The range of places of comparison is also very diverse, including roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Part I. Crafting space and place
- Part II. Performance of power.
- Part III. Urban places
- Part IV. Fringe places and endpoints
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Nov 2024).
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781009390033
- 1009390031
- 9781009389983
- 100938998X
- 9781009390019
- 1009390015
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