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Cover of Lizzie Ogle: Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé

Lizzie Ogle: Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé

Rhythm, Ancestrality and Spirit in Maracatu de Nação and Candomblé: Repercussions examines how the highly percussive carnival practice of Maracatu de nação – an Afro-Brazilian musical and spiritual t …

Cover of John A. Cotsonis: The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals I

John A. Cotsonis: The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals I

The articles republished in this volume are ground-breaking studies that employ a large body of religious figural imagery of Byzantine lead seals ranging from the 6th to the 15th century. A number of …

Cover of John A. Cotsonis: The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II

John A. Cotsonis: The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II

The articles republished in this volume are ground-breaking studies that employ a large body of religious figural imagery of Byzantine lead seals ranging from the 6th to the 15th century. A number of …

Cover of John Arthur Smith: Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East

John Arthur Smith: Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in ancient western Asia. The book covers ancient Israel a …

Cover of Jane Davidson & Michael Halliwell: Opera, Emotion, and the Antipodes Volume II

Jane Davidson & Michael Halliwell: Opera, Emotion, and the Antipodes Volume II

There can be little doubt that opera and emotion are inextricably linked. From dramatic plots driven by energetic producers and directors to the conflicts and triumphs experienced by all associated w …

Cover of Kanchuka (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) Dharmasiri: Performance in a Time of Terror

Kanchuka (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka) Dharmasiri: Performance in a Time of Terror

This volume is a collection of five Sinhala plays, translated into English, which were written and performed during the most violent phase of modern Sri Lankan history. Ranjini Obeyesekere’s transl …

Cover of Uros Cvoro & Kit Messham-Muir: Images of War in Contemporary Art

Uros Cvoro & Kit Messham-Muir: Images of War in Contemporary Art

Cover of David Pulvertaft: A Flight of Figureheads

David Pulvertaft: A Flight of Figureheads

The perfect accompaniment to the collection of fourteen warship figureheads displayed in the atrium of The Box at Plymouth, this book introduces each of the figureheads, giving details of its design, …

Cover of Aureliu Manea: Imaginary Performances in Shakespeare

Aureliu Manea: Imaginary Performances in Shakespeare

In Imaginary Performances in Shakespeare, visionary modernist theatre director Aureliu Manea analyses the theatrical possibilities of Shakespeare. Through nineteen Shakespeare plays, Manea sketches t …

Cover of Anne Leonard: Arabesque without End

Anne Leonard: Arabesque without End

Featuring multidisciplinary research by an international team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the contested aspects of arabesque while exploring its penchant for crossing artistic and cult …