Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac: 3 books
The Meaning of the Circus
The Communicative Experience of Cult, Art, and Awe
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
This book documents and discusses the meaning(s) of the creative process at play in the crafting and staging of circus acts. It highlights the experience of circus artists as their skills develop and mature into public performances that create aesthetic and emotional values in the modern economy of...
The Semiotics of Clowns and Clowning
Rituals of Transgression and the Theory of Laughter
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2015
During the last 300 years circus clowns have emerged as powerful cultural icons. This is the first semiotic analysis of the range of make-up and costumes through which the clowns' performing identities have been established and go on developing. It also examines what Bouissac terms 'micronarratives'...
by Professor Emeritus Paul Bouissac
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is generally considered one of the main founders of modern linguistics and semiotics. The book that was derived from his teaching, the Course in General Linguistics, had a lasting impact on the intellectual life of the 20th century and remains today an object of debates...