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Ancient Performance Traditions

Ancient Performance Traditions is a scholarly category of inquiry within Performance History that comprises the ritual, dramatic, and performative practices of early civilizations, distinguished by its focus on pre-modern, often orally transmitted, modes of embodied expression from antiquity.

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15.7K

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315

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106

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2017–2026

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296

Cities of the Dead: Circum-Atlantic Performance.

P. Alleyne-Dettmers, Joseph Roach · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 1997 · 961 citations

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The Ritual Lament in Greek Tradition

George Giannaris, Margaret Alexiou · Books Abroad · 1975 · 889 citations

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Fatal Charades: Roman Executions Staged as Mythological Enactments

Kathleen Coleman · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1990 · 720 citations

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Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art

Larissa Bonfante · American Journal of Archaeology · 1989 · 299 citations

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Demons and dancers: performance in late antiquity

Ruth Webb · Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 247 citations

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Authors

315

  1. NB
    Nigel B. Crowther

    Western University, Canada

    3 publications · 93 citations

    3

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  2. TH
    Theodor H. Gaster

    3 publications · 115 citations

    3

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  3. KK
    Kay Kaufman Shelemay

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 34 citations

    2

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  4. GD
    George Dimitri Sawa

    2 publications · 32 citations

    2

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  5. TF
    Thomas F. Scanlon

    University of California, Riverside, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

    2

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1–5 of 315

Institutions

106

  1. Western University

    London, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    142 citations

  2. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  3. British Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    90 citations

  4. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    27 citations

  5. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    922 citations

  6. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    112 citations

  7. California State University, Long Beach

    Long Beach, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    46 citations

  8. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 36 publications · 2.7K citations

    26

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  2. The Classical World

    12 publications · 598 citations

    11

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  3. Classical Antiquity

    8 publications · 384 citations

    8

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  4. Phoenix

    7 publications · 458 citations

    7

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  5. The Journal of Roman Studies

    JRS · 6 publications · 1.1K citations

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