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Inside the Minstrel Mask: Readings in Nineteenth-Century Blackface Min...
. Ed(S): Bean, Annemarie; Hatch, James V.; Mc...
paperback. A sourcebook of contemporary and historical commentary on America's first popular mass entertainment. Editor(s): Bean, Annemarie; Hatch, James V.; McNamara, Brooks. Num Pages: 324 pages, 25 illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: ASZP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Wesleyan United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819563002
- ISBN
- 9780819563002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.33
€ 30.33
Hardback. Examines the Independence holiday, exploring how this most important public festival in the civic calendar has given Mexicans a rich tradition of national celebration that is part creation myth, part official pomp, and part popular merrymaking. This work looks at how Independence Day festivities have provided a medium for informal education. Editor(s): Beezley, William H.; Lorey, David E. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 261 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ASZP; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842029148
- ISBN
- 9780842029148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.44
€ 169.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Darien-Smith, Kate; Gillespie, Richard; Jordan, Caroline; Gillespie, Caroline; Willis, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 372 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ASZ; HB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980464801
- ISBN
- 9780980464801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 35.56
€ 48.99
€ 35.56
Paperback. Urban studies has long understood the city as a 'text'. What would it mean now to use performance to rethink that metaphor? This book, now in paperback, queries the role theatre and performance play in urban policy, architecture, and civic history, also exploring their important place in the memories created in the wake of urban trauma. Editor(s): Hopkins, D. J.; Orr, Shelley; Solga, Kim. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230300491
- ISBN
- 9780230300491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. This collection of essays by international scholars addresses the global development of performance research in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The collection, now in paperback, functions as a critical reader on diverse approaches to studying performance that contest dominant paradigms of performance studies. Editor(s): McKenzie, Jon; Roms, Heike; Wee, C. J. W.-L. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASZ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137011183
- ISBN
- 9781137011183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.34
€ 66.34
Paperback. Saxon brings together more than 300 letters written by the self-styled "Prince of Humbugs." Here we see him, opinionated and exuberant, with only the rarest flashes of introspection and self-doubt, haggling with business partners, blustering over politics, and attempting to get such friends as Mark Twain to endorse his latest schemes. Num Pages: 454 pages, 28 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231056878
- ISBN
- 9780231056878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Pour yourself a cup of Rosie Lee, take the weight off your plates and prepare for a right giraffe as you read this engaging tale of, Micky Flanagan, 'an East Boy done good'. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784180027
- ISBN
- 9781784180027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 389 pages, 300. BIC Classification: ASZW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 254 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- ECW Press,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 389
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550228809
- ISBN
- 9781550228809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.59
€ 26.59
Paperback. As he stepped into the massive, roaring space of the Coliseum, he would have been aware of two things: first the bodies of those who had fought and fallen, their blood mingling with the hot dust of the arena floor; second, a sound as ominous as the scenes before him - that of swords being sharpened. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ASZ; HBJD; HBLA; HBTS; WST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 160. Fine copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0001040
- ISBN
- 9780091886547
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; APB; APT; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405920513
- ISBN
- 9781405920513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 x 16pp B&W plate. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJPL; APB; ASZB; BM; JPFC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408864548
- ISBN
- 9781408864548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia: Performance Traditions o...
Amine, Khalid, Carlson, Marvin
Hardcover. 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: 1HBA; 1HBM; 1HBT; AN; ASZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278745
- ISBN
- 9780230278745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Paperback. Dioramas and panoramas, freaks and magicians, waxworks and menageries, obscure relics and stuffed animals - a dazzling assortment of curiosities attracted the gaze of the nineteenth-century spectator at the dime museum. This title recaptures this ephemeral and scarcely documented institution of American culture from the margins of history. Num Pages: 214 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZ; GM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814718865
- ISBN
- 9780814718865
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. The first full-length study of comedy on the burlesque stage, this book takes the reader inside the burlesque houses of the 1930s, looks at the role comedy played in an entertainment form known mostly for striptease, and explores how these sketch performers approached their craft. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZB; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230116795
- ISBN
- 9780230116795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 48.01
€ 52.93
€ 48.01
Taking readers inside the burlesque houses of Depression-era America, Davis explores the role of comedy in a show remembered mostly for strip-tease. It examines how burlesque comics, straightmen, and talking women approached the craft of comedy, working in a genre that relied on a remembered tradition of comedy bits that circulated orally. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 304 pages, Includes 21 pgs illus. BIC Classification: 3JJG; AN; ASZH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378729
- ISBN
- 9781137378729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.93€ 47.12
€ 52.93
€ 47.12
Hardback. This wide-ranging celebration of the variety and complexity of international film comedy covers work from the days of silent movies to the present on a global scale, including Europe, the Middle East and Asia as well as the United States. Editor(s): Horton, Andrew; Rapf, Joanna E. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338591
- ISBN
- 9781444338591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.09
€ 240.09
Hardcover. For three centuries, the Fiesta de Santa Fe has commemorated historical events including the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico by Don Diego de Vargas in 1692 and the confraternity of the Rosary named in honour of La Conquistadors. This book illuminates what is special about Santa Fe's yearly celebration. Num Pages: 76 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 196 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Number of pages
- 76
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135327
- ISBN
- 9780890135327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.30
€ 31.99
€ 23.30
paperback. The definitive history of the longest-running comedy programme and sitcom in the world. Num Pages: 320 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: APT; ASZB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. The Inside Story of the World's Longest-running Comedy Programme. 320 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). The definitive history of the longest-running comedy programme and sitcom in the world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APT; ASZB. Dimension: 200 x 144 x 20. Weight: 246.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845137113
- ISBN
- 9781845137113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.71
€ 17.99
€ 13.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857210258
- ISBN
- 9780857210258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hawthorn Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 25300th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869890476
- ISBN
- 9781869890476
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77