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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bristol, Michael D., 1940- Carnival and theater. New York : Methuen, 1985 (OCoLC)562216880 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael D Bristol |
ISBN: | 0416350704 9780416350708 |
OCLC Number: | 12103883 |
Description: | 237 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Playing the old works historically -- The social function of festivity -- Carnival and plebeian culture -- Travesty and social order -- Butchers and fishmongers -- 'A complete exit from the present order of life' -- Authority and the author function -- The dialectic of laughter -- Clowning and devilment -- Wedding feast and charivari -- Treating death as a laughing matter -- The festive agon: the politics of Carnival. |
Responsibility: | Michael D Bristol. |
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