Iranian performance traditions

Mazda Publishers

2011

xi, 313 p.

Bibliotheca Iranica, Performing arts series ; 9

9781568592169

Performance: a key to understanding culture --Iranian theatre: rooted in tradition --Sources of meaning in Iranian folk culture --Dynamics and changes in musical performance --Ta'ziyeh and ruhozi: symbolic expression in popular performance --Symbolic conventions in performance: the logic of representation in ta'ziyeh --The dynamics of humor in ruhozi comedy --Performing religious roles: accomplishing the sacred --Performing roles in Iranian theatre: accomplishing identity through performative symbols --The mass media and revolution: before and after.

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