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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Tracy C Davis; Thomas Postlewait |
ISBN: | 0521812690 9780521812696 0521012074 9780521012072 |
OCLC Number: | 52312452 |
Description: | xi, 243 pages ; 22 cm. |
Contents: | Theatricality: an introduction / Thomas Postlewait, Tracy C. Davis -- Performing miracles: the mysterious mimesis of Valenciennes (1547) / Jody Enders -- Theatricality in classical Chinese drama / Haiping Yan -- Theatricality and antitheatricality in renaissance London / Thomas Postlewait -- Theatricality and civil society / Tracy C. Davis -- Defining political performance with Foucault and Habermas: strategic and communicative action / Jon Erickson -- Theatricality's proper objects: genealogies of performance and gender theory / Shannon Jackson. |
Series Title: | Theatre and performance theory. |
Responsibility: | edited by Tracy C. Davis and Thomas Postlewait. |
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Abstract:
This collection of specially-commissioned, accessible, essays explores that element of performance theory known as theatricality. Six case studies use historically specific circumstances to illustrate how and why the concept of theatricality is used. Provides a first-step guide for those discovering the complex yet rewarding world of performance theory.
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'... 'unified' yet multidimensional perspective on an ever-expanding subject ...'. Journal of Theatre Research International 'This new collection of essays, part of the Theatre and Performance Theory series, is a stimulating, erudite, and important volume in the emerging field of theatricality. ... This collection is smart, timely, and, thanks to the sophistication of the contributions, will inform wider debates about historiography, theory, and performance practice as well as setting out important questions and agendas in the field of theatricality.' New Theatre Quarterly Read more...
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