内容简介
FewhavehadquiteasmuchimpactinboththeacademyandintheworldoftheatreproductionasRichardSchechner.Formorethanfourdecadeshisworkhaschallengedconventionaldefinitionsoftheatre,ritualandperformance.Whenthisseminalcollectionfirstappeared,Schechner'sapproachwasnotonlynovel,itwasrevolutionary:dramaisnotjustsomethingthatoccursonstage,butsomethingthathappensineverydaylife,fullofmeaning,andonmanydifferentlevels.WithinthesepagesheexaminestheconnectionsbetweenWesternandnon-Westerncultures,theatreanddance,anthropology,ritual,performanceineverydaylife,ritesofpassage,play,psychotherapyandshamanism.