Theatre, sacrifice, ritual : exploring forms of political theatre /

• Main Author: Fischer - Lichte, Erika 1943- (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
• Subjects: Θεάματα, Τα; Εορτασμοί; Τελετουργίες και τελετές; Συλλογική ταυτότητα; Φασισμός; Σιωνισμός; Σοβιετική Ένωση
• Physical Description: viii, 290 σ. ; 23 εκ.
• Bibliography: Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές (σ. [271]-281) και ευρετήριο.
• ISBN: 0415276756 (σκληρό εξώφυλλο); 9780415276757 (σκληρό εξώφυλλο); 0415276764 (χαρτόδετο); 9780415276764 (χαρτόδετο)

"This innovative study of 20th century performative culture boldly examines the complexities of political theatre, propaganda and manipulation of the masses, and offers a revolutionary approach to the study of theatre and performance history. In offering both a performative and a semiotic analysis of such performances, Fischer-Lichte expertly demonstrates how theatre and ritual are fused in order to tackle the problem of community-building in societies characterized by loss of solidarity and disintegration, and exposes the provocative connection between the utopian visions of community they suggest, and the notion of sacrifice."-- Εξώφυλλο.