01696cam a22003015i 4500999001700000001001000017003000900027005001700036008004100053020002500094040003100119082002200150100002900172245008800201264006600289300002300355336002600378337002800404338002700432504005100459505062100510650001901131650003901150653002801189655001701217942001201234952014801246  c27603d27574019379414EG-ScBUE20190909124841.0190426s2014    enka   f      001 0 eng d  z9781472569479 (pbk.)  aUkbengerdacUkdEG-ScBUE04a791.3014bBOU2221 aBouissac, Paul,eauthor.10aCircus as multimodal discourse :bperformance, meaning and ritual /cPaul Bouissac. 1aLondon :bBloomsbury Academic / Bloomsbury Publishing,c2014.  a216 pages ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction, '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. 7aCircus.2BUEsh 7aPerforming artsxSemiotics.2BUEsh  bHHUUEENNcSeptember2019  vReading book  2ddccBB  00102ddc40708BaccahaMAINbMAINc2NDd2019-09-09ePurchaseg350.00l0o791.3014 BOUp000048039r2025-07-15 00:00:00v437.50w2019-09-09yBB