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The Resource Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach
Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach
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The item Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Artfully interweaving theatrical, musical, and ritual performance along the Atlantic rim from the eighteenth century to the present, Cities of the Dead explores a rich continuum of cultural exchange that imaginatively reinvents, re-creates, and restores history." "Enriched with fifty-five illustrations, including spectacular photos of New Orleans's famed Mardi Gras Indians, Joseph Roach's work employs an entirely unique approach to the study of culture. Rather than focusing on one region, Cities of the Dead describes broad cultural connections over place and time, showing through myriad examples how performance can revise the unwritten past." "Through illuminating discussions of social events ranging from burials to sacrifices, from auctions to parades, encompassing regional traditions as diverse as Haitian Voudon and British funerals, the book looks at the synchretic performance traditions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Exploring processes of substitution, or surrogation, as enacted in performance, Roach demonstrates the ways in which we fill the voids left by death and departure." "Cities of the Dead proposes a new way to think about the relationship between history and memory as well as between document and performance. It details patterns of remembrance and forgetting, of communities forging their identities and imagining their futures."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance
- Title
- Cities of the dead
- Title remainder
- circum-Atlantic performance
- Statement of responsibility
- Joseph Roach
- Subject
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- Carnival
- Carnival -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History
- Communication and culture
- Communication and culture
- England -- London
- Folklore -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis | Etats-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (La.)
- Folklore -- Grande-Bretagne | Londres
- Folklore -- Performance
- Folklore -- Performance -- England | London
- Folklore -- Performance -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- History
- London (England) -- History
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Memory -- Social aspects
- Memory -- Social aspects
- Mémoire -- Aspect social
- New Orleans (La.) -- History
- Theater and society
- Theater and society -- England | London -- History
- Theater and society -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History
- Théâtre -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne | Londres (GB)
- Théâtre -- Aspect social -- États-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (La.) -- Histoire
- Volkscultuur
- Carnavals -- États-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (L.A.) -- Histoire
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Artfully interweaving theatrical, musical, and ritual performance along the Atlantic rim from the eighteenth century to the present, Cities of the Dead explores a rich continuum of cultural exchange that imaginatively reinvents, re-creates, and restores history." "Enriched with fifty-five illustrations, including spectacular photos of New Orleans's famed Mardi Gras Indians, Joseph Roach's work employs an entirely unique approach to the study of culture. Rather than focusing on one region, Cities of the Dead describes broad cultural connections over place and time, showing through myriad examples how performance can revise the unwritten past." "Through illuminating discussions of social events ranging from burials to sacrifices, from auctions to parades, encompassing regional traditions as diverse as Haitian Voudon and British funerals, the book looks at the synchretic performance traditions of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Exploring processes of substitution, or surrogation, as enacted in performance, Roach demonstrates the ways in which we fill the voids left by death and departure." "Cities of the Dead proposes a new way to think about the relationship between history and memory as well as between document and performance. It details patterns of remembrance and forgetting, of communities forging their identities and imagining their futures."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roach, Joseph R.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT4211.N4
- LC item number
- R63 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The social foundations of aesthetic forms
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Carnival
- Folklore
- Theater and society
- Folklore
- Theater and society
- Communication and culture
- Memory
- Carnival
- Communication and culture
- Folklore
- Memory
- Theater and society
- Volkscultuur
- Carnavals
- Théâtre
- Théâtre
- Mémoire
- Folklore
- Folklore
- New Orleans (La.)
- London (England)
- England
- Louisiana
- Label
- Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231104609
- Lccn
- 95033447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)33131513
- (OCoLC)ocm33131513
- Label
- Cities of the dead : circum-Atlantic performance, Joseph Roach
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-309) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231104609
- Lccn
- 95033447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)33131513
- (OCoLC)ocm33131513
Subject
- Carnival
- Carnival -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History
- Communication and culture
- Communication and culture
- England -- London
- Folklore -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis | Etats-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (La.)
- Folklore -- Grande-Bretagne | Londres
- Folklore -- Performance
- Folklore -- Performance -- England | London
- Folklore -- Performance -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- History
- London (England) -- History
- Louisiana -- New Orleans
- Memory -- Social aspects
- Memory -- Social aspects
- Mémoire -- Aspect social
- New Orleans (La.) -- History
- Theater and society
- Theater and society -- England | London -- History
- Theater and society -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- History
- Théâtre -- Aspect social -- Grande-Bretagne | Londres (GB)
- Théâtre -- Aspect social -- États-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (La.) -- Histoire
- Volkscultuur
- Carnavals -- États-Unis | La Nouvelle-Orléans (L.A.) -- Histoire
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