Dario Fo : Framing, Festival, and the Folkloric Imagination.

Dario Fo : Framing, Festival, and the Folkloric Imagination.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Scuderi, Antonio.
Imprint:	Lanham : Lexington Books, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (159 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Fo, Dario -- Criticism and interpretation. Fo, Dario -- Technique. Fo, Dario -- Stage history. Fo, Dario. Theater -- Italy -- History -- 20th century. Technique. Theater. Italy. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404207

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ISBN:	9780739169223 073916922X 1299803768 9781299803763 9780739151112
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This study of the Italian Nobel playwright and master performer, Dario Fo, will be of interest to scholars and students of popular performance and contemporary European theatre. Dario Fo: Framing, Festival, and the Folkloric Imagination is an interdisciplinary study of Fo's use of framing techniques, based on popular performance and informed by popular culture.
Other form:	Print version: Scuderi, Antonio. Dario Fo : Framing, Festival, and the Folkloric Imagination. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2011 9780739183403

Table of Contents:

Dario Fo; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction, Scope, and Methodology; 2 Metacommunication and the Interpretive Frame; 3 Ennobling Folk Culture and Re-Presenting History; 4 The European Carnival from Liminal to Liminoid; 5 The Carnival Frame and Zoomorphic Symbolism; 6 Dario Fo and The Holy Jester Francis; Works Cited; Index.