Performing Patterns: Numinous Relations in Shang and Zhou China
Dallas McCurley
TDR: The Drama Review September 1, 2005 DOI: 10.1162/1054204054742435 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that shamanic and court ritual performances in Shang and Zhou China structured performer-audience relations to elicit desired responses, thereby regulating political and cosmic orders as a strategy tied to the cosmos-human relationship. |
Abstract
Shamanic and court ritual performance in Shang and Zhou China regulated political and cosmic orders by means of performances that structured the performer-audience relations, moving audiences toward some desired response as a strategy tied to the relation between the cosmos and humans.