The responsibility of performance: The interweaving of politics and aesthetics in intercultural contexts

Visual Anthropology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-62

  Tamisari, Franca ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aesthetic experience; Arnhem land; Participation; Performance; Phenomenology of dance

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249130088     PISSN: 10587187     EISSN: 15487458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/var.2005.21.1-2.47     Document Type: Review

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