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Place and Performance in Ancient Greece, Rome, and China

Hans Beck editor Griet Vankeerberghen editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:5th Dec '24

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Examines the interplay of place and performance in antiquity, including gendered social space, urban places, frontier realms, and funerals.

Examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in a wide range of specific locations, such as roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion.This book examines the construction of space and place in early China and the ancient Mediterranean through the lens of performances conducted in specific locations. It highlights conceptions of place and performance, seeing both as crucial to the production of cultural meaning and communal cohesion, and as heavily dependent on the prevailing political culture. Whether urban or rural, global or local, central or fringe, public or private, real or imagined, theatrical or ritual, the places and performances highlighted serve to show both commonalities and differences between the ancient Mediterranean and early China. The range of places of comparison is also very diverse, including roads, gardens, neighbourhoods, hydraulic infrastructures, funerary performance, spectacles at court, and the everyday display of authority through clothing and fashion. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

ISBN: 9781009390026

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486 pages