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Paperback. Cross-gender casting was an ongoing phenomenon in the French theatre during the reign of Louis XIV. This book explores the trend and related gender issues in different performance contexts and fills an important gap in the history of French theatre, providing a new insight into wider theoretical questions of gender and theatricality. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; AS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137320810
ISBN
9781137320810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.77

Paperback. This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on-and interrelationship with-popular culture and the wider society. Editor(s): Taddeo, Professor Julie Anne; Miller, Cynthia J. Num Pages: 360 pages, 48 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AS; DSK; FZG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810893153
ISBN
9780810893153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.00

Paperback. Examining social and popular dance forms from a variety of critical and cultural perspectives Editor(s): Malnig, Julie. Num Pages: 392 pages, 27 photographs. BIC Classification: ASD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780252075650
ISBN
9780252075650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Tango. A multidimensional expression of Argentine identity, one that speaks to that nation's sense of disorientation, loss, and terror. Yet the tango mesmerises dancers and audiences alike throughout the world. This title examines the poetics of the tango while describing author's own quest to dance this most dramatic of paired dances. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 160 pages, 89 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ASD; AVGF; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 227.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321910
ISBN
9780822321910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Thisedited collection examinesthe changing faces of political communication in contemporary democracy. Based on comparative investigations of recent trends in the Netherlands and Great Britain, theessays provide fresh insights and new empirical evidence into the public representation of media-centred politics." Editor(s): Brants, Kees; Voltmer, Katrin. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTC; JFD; JPA; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349318278
ISBN
9781349318278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Paperback. This book investigates the role Nietzsche's dance images play in his project of "revaluing all values" alongside the religious rhetoric and subject matter evident in the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, who found justification and guidance in Nietzsche's texts for developing dance as a medium of religious expression. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; HPC; HRAB; HRC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349530489
ISBN
9781349530489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.40

Paperback. The automaton, known today as the robot, can be seen as a metaphor for the historical period in which it is explored. Chapters include examinations of Iconoclasm's fear that art might surpass nature, the Cartesian mind/body divide, automata as objects of courtly desire, the uncanny Olympia, and the revolutionary Robots in post-WWI drama. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349312436
ISBN
9781349312436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190457563
ISBN
9780190457563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.23

Paperback. From a writer who is as dazzling on the dance-floor as she is on the page, here is the hidden story of tango: the world's most passionate dance. Num Pages: 336 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ASDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846272851
ISBN
9781846272851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; APF; AS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349457427
ISBN
9781349457427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.94

Hardcover. This trans-historical collection explores analogue performance technologies from Ancient Greece to pre-Second World War. From ancient mechanical elephants to early modern automata, Enlightenment electrical experiments to Victorian spectral illusions, this volume offers an original examination of the precursors of contemporary digital performance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANH; AS; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137319661
ISBN
9781137319661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Paperback. The private and performance lives of five female dancers in Western dance history Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077791
ISBN
9780252077791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Investigates how and why the performance of American masculinity changed so dramatically on and off the nineteenth-century American stage. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343041
ISBN
9781349343041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.93
€ 47.15

Hardback. Interprets the explosion of German body culture between the two wars - nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. This book presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 439 pages, 84. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ASD; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
439
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206632
ISBN
9780520206632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.97

paperback. A celebration and critical analysis of Madonna from a feminist perspective. The book follows the first decade of Madonna?s career as a popular culture icon and includes a comprehensive listing of her songs, videos, tours, films, and stage roles. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; AVGP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
0th Edition
SKU
V9780802080639
ISBN
9780802080639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
7th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292042121
ISBN
9781292042121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.29

Hardback. This book examines the sensual and mental emphases of the movement research practiced by dancers of the Batsheva Dance Company and provides a comprehensive analysis of Gaga and Ohad Naharin's aesthetic approach. Series: Performance Philosophy. Num Pages: 228 pages, 10 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137601858
ISBN
9781137601858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868197777
ISBN
9780868197777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 15.90

Paperback. In this book, Dunham reveals how her anthropological research, her work in dance, and her fascination for the people and cults of Haiti worked their spell, catapulting her into experiences that she was often lucky to survive. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJH; ASD; HRQX5; HRQX9; JHM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 42. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226171135
ISBN
9780226171135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. A reassessment of the achievements of British playwright Harold Pinter by an international group of scholars. This work contains eighteen essays that represent the state of Pinter criticism and an affirmation of Pinter's preeminence in modern British theatre. Editor(s): Burkman, Katherine H.; Kundert-Gibbs, John Leeland. Series: Drama & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208118
ISBN
9780253208118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

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