Performance and power

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This is a study of the relationship between performance and power. In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance.

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Full title :Performance and power / Jeffrey C. Alexander.

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Publication Date:©2011

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780745673929, 0745673929
oclc:ocn841809251
LC Classification:HM136
Dewey Decimal:303.3

A cultural theory of social performance. The cultural pragmatics of symbolic action / with Jason Mast ; Social performance between ritual and strategy -- Political power and performance. Performance and the challenge of power ; Social, political, cultural and performative ; Democratic power and political performance : Obama v. McCain ; A presidential performance, panned, or Obama as the last Enlightenment man ; Performing counter-power : the civil rights movement ; Performing terror on September 11 ; War and performance : Afghanistan and Iraq -- Cultural power and performance. Intellectuals and public performance ; Iconic power and performativity : the role of the critic.

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Performance -- Social aspects Performatif (Philosophie) -- Aspect pol… Performative (Philosophy) -- Political … Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Power (Social sciences) Rendement au travail -- Aspect social SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General