| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 201 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in rhetoric and culture ; volume 5 |
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Studies in rhetoric and culture ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Image -- pt. II. Performance -- pt. III. Text |
| Summary |
All societies are shaped by arts, media, and other persuasive practices that can awe, captivate, enchant or otherwise seem to cast a spell on the audience. Likewise, scholarship itself often is driven by a sense of wonder and a willingness to be open to what lies beyond the obvious. This book broadens and deepens this perspective. Inspired by Stephen Tyler's view of ethnography as an art of evocation, international scholars from the fields of aesthetics, anthropology, and rhetoric explore the spellbinding power of elusive meanings as people experience them in daily life and while gazing at |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Art and anthropology.
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Art and society.
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Visual anthropology.
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Visual perception.
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visual perception.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Art and anthropology
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Art and society
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Visual anthropology
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Visual perception
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strecker, Ivo A., 1940-
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Verne, Markus
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| LC no. |
2012037869 |
| ISBN |
0857459368 |
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9780857459367 |
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1299777732 |
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9781299777736 |
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