Demons and dancers : performance in late antiquity

1. Verfasser: Webb, Ruth, 1963-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Umfang/Format: viii, 296 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Theater and society
  • Performers
  • Pantomime : the dancing body
  • The pantomime as drama : dancers, audiences, and the communicative body
  • Mime : the drama of everyday life
  • Mime, humor, and society
  • Images of actors : identification and estrangement
  • Ideas of the audience : possession and the eye
  • Christians and the theater.