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Social Semiotics Volume 26, 2016 - Issue 4: The Languages of Performing Arts: Semiosis, Communication and Meaning-Making. Guest editors: Maria Grazia Sindoni, Janina Wildfeuer and Kay O’Halloran
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Introduction

The expanding galaxy of performing arts: extending theories and questioning practices

Maria Grazia SindoniDepartment of Ancient and Modern Civilization, University of Messina, Messina, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Janina WildfeuerFaculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany
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Kay L. O’HalloranSchool of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Pages 325-340 | Published online: 17 Jun 2016

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