Details

Subjects:

Culture -- Philosophy.
Power (Social sciences).
Performance -- Social aspects.
Performative (Philosophy) -- Political aspects.

Summary:

This is a study of the relationship between performance and power. In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural pragmatics that shifts cultural sociology from texts to gestural meanings and examines the elements of social performance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-241) and index.

ISBN:

0745648185
9780745648170 (hardback)
0745648177 (hardback)
9780745648187 (pbk)

OCLC:

723108082

Publisher Number:

99952089064