Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual by Paul Bouissac

Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual

Paul Bouissac

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Now available in paperback, this volume presents a theory of the circus as a secular ritual and introduces a method to analyze its performances as multimodal discourse. The book's chapters cover the range of circus specialties (magic, domestic and...

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