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SUMMARY:Cultural Performance in the Beijing Olympics: An Anthropological A
 pproach - Luo Jialing
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CONTACT:T.S. Thompson
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on anthropological theories of ritual and state\, as\n
 well as fieldwork data collected in Beijing\, the paper examines two\ndisp
 lays of cultural performance at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies\nof the
  Beijing Olympics respectively. Through a discussion of the\nceremonies as
  public rituals communicating both the ancient and modern\nhistory of Chin
 a\, its philosophy and politics of 'Harmony'\, and the\nnational sentiment
 s arising from the country's "hundred-year humiliation"\,\nthe paper hopes
  to provide an anthropological perspective to consider\nthe emerging world
  power\, as well as to extend the conceptual framework\nof ritual in the c
 ontext of the Beijing Olympics.\n\n
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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