Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem /
First Statement of Responsibility
Chaim Noy
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1 online resource
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Oxford studies in the anthropology of language
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Combining ethnographic, semiotic, and performative approaches, the book examines texts and accompanying acts of writing in a visitor book in a national historic site. The visitor book is viewed as a mobilised stage, a communication medium, where visitors' public performances are presented, and where acts of collective participation are authored and composed. The study contextualises the visitor book within its material and ideological environment