Culture and Performance
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This article explores the performative dimensions of the Zar ceremony as carried out throughout the Persian Gulf. This ceremony is mirrored by similar ones throughout North and East Africa, suggesting that the Zar may have resulted from... more
In many respects, the challenges facing musical performers will differ depending on whether they are dealing with historic or contemporary repertoire. Such challenges become increasingly apparent when one form of performance practice... more
This article explores the performative dimensions of the Zar ceremony as carried out throughout the Persian Gulf. This ceremony is mirrored by similar ones throughout North and East Africa, suggesting that the Zar may have resulted from... more
An extended Introduction to the volume which presents the main argument of the editors, i.e. that the notions of culture and performance are indispensable to a profound understanding of aspects of social and political life of the Left,... more
Volume 6 of Critical Disability Discourse/Discours critiques dans le champs du handicap
Although “culture movements” of the sort that have become increasingly common in the Pacific and elsewhere are reactions and responses to colonialism and globalization, and are often at least partly inspired by imported models, they... more