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Dance & other performing arts
Paperback. Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332694
- ISBN
- 9781349332694
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Based on presentations given at a session of a 2009 international conference sponsored by the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTB; JFC; JFCX; JFD; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332670
- ISBN
- 9781349332670
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332427
- ISBN
- 9781349332427
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Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Why is folly essential to the functioning of a healthy society? Why is theatre a natural home for madness? The answers take the reader on a journey embracing Shakespeare and Jonson, Brecht and Beckett, Buchner and Boal. From Falstaff to Fo via Figaro, this study examines the art of telling truth to power and surviving long enough to have a laugh. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 357.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349332076
- ISBN
- 9781349332076
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book explores an under-researched body of work from the early decades of the twentieth century, connecting plays, performances and practitioners together in dynamic dialogues. Moving across national, generational and social borders, the book reads experiments in Britain during this period alongside theatrical innovations overseas. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349330829
- ISBN
- 9781349330829
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Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Paperback. Moving across the boundaries of mainstream and experimental circuits, from the affective pleasures of commercially successful shows such as Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia! to the feminist possibilities of new burlesque and stand-up, this book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; D; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349327997
- ISBN
- 9781349327997
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Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Performance Traditions o...
Amine, Khalid; Carlson, Marvin A.
paperback. "Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses"-- Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326570
- ISBN
- 9781349326570
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Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
paperback. Considering both making political performance and making performance politically, this collection explores engagements of political resistance, public practice and performance media, on various scales of production within structures of neoliberal and liberal government and power. Editor(s): Lichtenfels, Peter; Rouse, John. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326358
- ISBN
- 9781349326358
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Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this bookdelineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, whilecutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues." Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; ASD; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326334
- ISBN
- 9781349326334
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. A renewed interest in nature, the ancient Greeks, and the freedom of the body was to transform dance and physical culture in the early twentieth century. The book discusses the creative individuals and developments in science and other art forms that shaped the evolution of modern dance in its international context. Editor(s): Carter, A. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349326211
- ISBN
- 9781349326211
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Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
Paperback. Asystematic examination ofthe relationship between post-Marxist discourse theory and media studies. This volume interrogates discourse theory as read via the work of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe through an engagement with major approaches to critical media politics and a range of issues in contemporary media politics." Editor(s): Dahlberg, Lincoln; Phelan, Sean. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTC; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325498
- ISBN
- 9781349325498
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Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Paperback. This book explores the nexus between gender, ageing and culture in dancers practicing a variety of genres. It challenges existing cultural norms which equate ageing with bodily decline and draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore alternatives for developing a culturally valued mature subjectivity through the practice of dance. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349325153
- ISBN
- 9781349325153
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Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Paperback. Over the last century, many 16th- and 17th-century events and personalities have been brought before home, cinema, exhibition, festival and theatrical audiences. This collection examines these representations, looking at recent television series, documentaries, pageantry, theatre and popular culture invarious cultural and linguistic guises." Editor(s): Burnett, M.; Streete, Adrian. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; AS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349323937
- ISBN
- 9781349323937
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. "Exploring the themes of the event, ephemerality and democracy that mark the encounter between performance and philosophy, this original study elaborates fresh perspectives on the experiences of undoing, fiasco and disaster that shadow both the both stage and everyday life"-- Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HPN; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322770
- ISBN
- 9781349322770
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Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
Paperback. Marilyn Monroe, Vincent van Gogh or the victims of rendition flights the number and variety of historical and contemporary figures represented on British stages is amazing. This book develops a new theoretical framework for the representation of real life figures on stage and examines different ways in which they can be included in performances." Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349322428
- ISBN
- 9781349322428
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Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
paperback. "Drawing on a wide range of examples, this book - the first devoted to the phenomenon of the film trilogy- provides a dynamic investigation of the ways in which the trilogy form engages key issues in contemporary discussions of film remaking, adaptation, sequelization and serialization"-- Editor(s): Constantine, Verevis. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349321209
- ISBN
- 9781349321209
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Condition: New
€ 66.22
€ 66.22
paperback. Focusing on Odin Teatret's latest work, this discussion is updated by drawing on fresh research. The group's productions since 2000 are included and the book offers a reassessment of Odin's actor training. Its community work and legacy are discussed and Barba's intercultural practice is viewed alongside two major Theatrum Mundi productions. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349320011
- ISBN
- 9781349320011
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Using examples of refugee arts and theatrical activity since the 1990s, this book examines how the 'refugee crisis' has conditioned all arts and cultural activity with refugees in a world where globalization and migration go hand in hand. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 275.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319992
- ISBN
- 9781349319992
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Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. Based on original and previously unseen written and sound archives and interviews with former and current radio producers and presenters, Public Issue Radio addresses the controversial question of the political leanings of current affairs programmes, and asks if Analysis became an early platform for both Thatcherite and Blairite ideas. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; AV; GTC; JFCX; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319879
- ISBN
- 9781349319879
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. This book ranges from refugee camps in Palestine to halting sites of the Irish Travellers and elsewhere in search of a new politics practiced through performance. Written through the intersection of performance and philosophy, the book refutes neoliberalism's depoliticizing and strategic uses of humanitarianism, human rights, and development. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349319756
- ISBN
- 9781349319756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25