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Social Performance - Symbolic Action, Cultural Pragmatics, and Ritual (Paperback)
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Social Performance - Symbolic Action, Cultural Pragmatics, and Ritual (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
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Jeffrey C. Alexander brings together new and leading contributors
to make a powerful and coherently argued case for a new direction
in cultural sociology, one that focuses on the intersection between
performance, ritual and social action. Performance has always been
used by sociologists to understand the social world but this volume
offers the first systematic analytical framework based on the
performance metaphor to explain large-scale social and cultural
processes. From September 11, to the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, to
the role of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
Social Performance draws on recent work in performative theory in
the humanities and in cultural studies to offer a novel approach to
the sociology of culture. Inspired by the theories of Austin,
Derrida, Durkheim, Goffman, and Turner, this is a path-breaking
volume that makes a major contribution to the field. It will appeal
to scholars and students alike.
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