The Anthropology of Performance
Victor W. Turner
Abstract
Victor W. Turner
Abstract
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.
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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.
Key concepts: Ethnography, Spectacle, Globe, Anthropology, Art, Media studies, Visual arts, Sociology