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.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

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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:ix, 246 p. : : ill. ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780745648170, 0745648177, 9780745648187, 0745648185
oclc:ocn811600286
LC Classification:HM136
Dewey Decimal:306.2

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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aspect politique Aspect social aspect sociologique Étude de cas (Descripteur de forme) performance (psychologie) -- pouvoir (c… Performatif Performatif -- Aspect politique Performatif (Philosophie) -- Aspect pol… Performative (Philosophy) -- Political … Pouvoir Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Power (Social sciences) Pragmatique (Langage) Rendement au travail Rendement au travail -- Aspect social