01536cam a22002895i 4500 27603 27574 019379414 EG-ScBUE 20190909124841.0 190426s2014 enka f 001 0 eng d 9781472569479 (pbk.) Uk eng rda Uk EG-ScBUE 791.3014 BOU 22 Bouissac, Paul, author. Circus as multimodal discourse : performance, meaning and ritual / Paul Bouissac. London : Bloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. 216 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction, 'Playing with Fire'1. Circus performances as rituals: participative ethnography2. The 'textility' of circus acts: disentangling cognition and pleasure3. Magic in the ring4. Horses which speak, count, and laugh5. Steeds and symbols: multimodal metaphors6. The staging of actions: heroes, anti-heroes, and animal actors7.Circus animals as symbols, actors, and persons8. Dancing with tigers, lying with lions: translating biology into art 9. Clowns at work: a socio-critical discourse 10. The imaginary circus11. Ideology and Politics in the Circus Ring12. The post-animal circusConclusionReferencesIndex. Circus. BUEsh Performing arts Semiotics. BUEsh HHUUEENN September2019 Reading book ddc BB 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-09-09 Purchase 350.00 0 791.3014 BOU 000048039 2025-07-15 00:00:00 437.50 2019-09-09 BB