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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.

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Paperback. How can court testimony be used to rebuild a cohesive national identity for the Hutus and Tutsis? And how is it that dance and theater help to move forward the cause of justice and reconciliation? This title provides a satisfying analysis of the interplay between justice, performance, narrative, and memorialization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; AN; HBTZ; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857421081
ISBN
9780857421081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.11

Paperback. Since its founding in 1964 Tanzania has used music, dance and other cultural productions as ways of imagining and legitimizing the new nation. Focusing on the politics surrounding Swahili performance, Kelly Askew demonstrates the crucial role of popular culture in Tanzania's history. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 halftones, 5 maps, 4 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFGT; 1M; ASZ; AVGE; GTB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
74
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226029818
ISBN
9780226029818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 43.89

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gem Scheiwiller, Staci. Series: Anthem Middle East Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages, 80+ black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857282934
ISBN
9780857282934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.83

Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139709
ISBN
9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.60

Paperback. This book investigates the expanding parameters for site-specific performance to account for the form's increasing popularity in the twenty-first century. Leading practitioners and theorists interrogate issues of performance and site to broaden our understanding of the role that place plays in performance and the ways that performance influences it Editor(s): Birch, Anna; Tompkins, Joanne Elizabeth. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white halftones, 2 maps, 1 diagrames. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230364066
ISBN
9780230364066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.02

Paperback. Drawing on a lifetime's experience of playing Shakespearean roles, the author offers advice to actors, directors and drama students on a variety of scenes, characters, speeches and individual lines from Shakespeare's plays. He takes us through the process of Preparation, Rehearsal and Performance. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597816
ISBN
9781854597816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. 'Performing Remains' explores the role of the fake, the false and the faux in contemporary theatre. Divided into seven essays, it examines both contemporary and historical performance with a wide scope, questioning the importance of representation and reassessing the ritual value of failure. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415404426
ISBN
9780415404426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Religious life and public life are both passionately performed, but often understood to exclude one another. This book's array of voices investigates the publics hailed by religious performances and the challenges they offer to theories of the democratic public sphere. Editor(s): Chambers, Claire; Du Toit, Simon; Edelman, Joshua. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; HBTB; HRAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 389.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349464067
ISBN
9781349464067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.51

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 286 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 1KJH; 3JJ; AN; HBJK; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137592101
ISBN
9781137592101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, 18 haltones. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; AVA; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190679705
ISBN
9780190679705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137328281
ISBN
9781137328281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.33

Hardback. Building on the eighteenth-century commonplace that the theater could be a school for public virtue, this book illustrates the connections between the popularity of theatrical performances in eighteenth-century British North America and the British and American national identities that colonial and Revolutionary Americans espoused. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; AN; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240245
ISBN
9780812240245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Askari, Kaveh; Curtis, Professor Scott; Gray, Frank; Pelletier, PH D Candidate Louis (Concordia University); Williams, Tami; Yumibe, Mr Joshua. Num Pages: 327 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
John Libbey & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861967148
ISBN
9780861967148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.30

Paperback. Using interdisciplinary performance studies and cultural studies frameworks, this title examines the cultural representation of queer sexuality in the contemporary cultural production of Mexican female and Chicana performance and visual artists. Series: Chicana Matters. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 b&w photos, 8 color photos in section. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; JFFK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780292722880
ISBN
9780292722880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486500
ISBN
9780801486500
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 282 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319310466
ISBN
9783319310466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art. With over eighty illustrated catalogue entries, it offers fresh insight into traditional Chinese culture, visual arts, and theater, and reveals how Chinese visual and performing traditions were aesthetically, ritually, and commercially intertwined. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573558
ISBN
9780935573558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Wallflower Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905674534
ISBN
9781905674534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardcover. Traces enduring connections between antiquity and dramatic performance in modern Oxford, and discusses the landmark events from the 16th century to the 1970s. This title illuminates contemporary responses to debates on such matters as the position of women students, the 'dangers' perceived to be associated with undergraduate acting, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; 2AHA; AN; DSBB; DSG; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898447
ISBN
9780859898447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.12

Paperback. From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London's Grand Guignol - also published by UEP - this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; ANH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899963
ISBN
9780859899963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Performing for the Camera examines how the photograph has both documented and developed our understanding of performance since the invention of the photographic medium. It engages with both the serious business of art and performance and the humour and improvisation of posing for the camera. Editor(s): Baker, Simon. Num Pages: 240 pages, Over 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 265 x 23. Weight in Grams: 968.
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849764001
ISBN
9781849764001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.09

Paperback. Considering the formidable theoretical, ethical, and practical issues that confront ethnomusicologists who direct such ensembles, this volume discusses problems of public performance and the pragmatics of pedagogy and learning processes. Editor(s): Solis, Ted. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
329
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238312
ISBN
9780520238312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320162
ISBN
9781137320162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardback. Looks in detail at the growth in popularity and profile of the English folk arts in the first decade of the twenty-first century Series Editor(s): Smith, Alexander. Series: New Ethnographies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: AVA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719085390
ISBN
9780719085390
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.37

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