{"product_id":"circus-as-multimodal-discourse-paul-bouissac-9781441125637","title":"Circus as Multimodal Discourse: Performance, Meaning, and Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's fifteen chapters cover the range of circus specialties (magic, domestic and wild animal training, acrobatics, and clowning) and provide examples to show how cultural meaning is produced, extended and amplified by circus performances. Bouissac is one of the world's leading authorities on circus ethnography and semiotics and this work is grounded on research conducted over a 50 year span in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt concludes with a reflection on the potentially subversive power of this discourse and its contemporary use by activists. Throughout, it endeavours to develop an analytical approach that is mindful of the epistemological traps of both positivism and postmodernist license. It brings semiotics and ethnography to bear on the realm of the circus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Bouissac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441125639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441125637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Paul Bouissac","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153661210879,"sku":"9781441125637","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12a11e0e-8204-497f-8851-11aaa467d028.jpg?v=1770784978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/circus-as-multimodal-discourse-paul-bouissac-9781441125637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}