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Circus and culture : a semiotic approach / Paul Bouissac.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Advances in semioticsPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1976.Description: 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253313546
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Circus and culture--The circus as multimedia language--Structure and meaning of acrobatic acts--The performing horse--On jugglers and magicians--Poetics in the lion's den--Circus performance as ritual--Equine exhibitions as poetic discourse--Clown performances as metacultural texts--The semiotics of the circus poster.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Circus and culture--The circus as multimedia language--Structure and meaning of acrobatic acts--The performing horse--On jugglers and magicians--Poetics in the lion's den--Circus performance as ritual--Equine exhibitions as poetic discourse--Clown performances as metacultural texts--The semiotics of the circus poster.

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