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Paperback. One of the most neglected areas of study in nineteenth-century theatre is pantomime: this book provides a comprehensive overview of pantomime in the Victorian period, ranging from the ideological positions perpetrated by pantomime to discussions of practitioners and enthusiastic spectators, such as E.L. Blanchard, Lewis Carroll and John Ruskin. Editor(s): Davis, J. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSBF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349307111
ISBN
9781349307111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.04

Paperback. A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy." Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349309597
ISBN
9781349309597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.74

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

Paperback. Using a performance studies lens, this book is a study of performance in the post-9/11 context of the so-called war on terror. It analyzes conventional theatre, political protest, performance art and other sites of performance to unpack the ways in which meaning has been made in the contemporary global sociopolitical environment. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349313648
ISBN
9781349313648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. How do mainstream film, television, advertising, videogames and newspapers engage with topics such as vivisection, hunting, animal performance, farming, meat eating and animal control? This book explores social, economic, ethical and cultural aspects of relationships between popular media forms and key animal issues. Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AS; HPQ; HPS; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316175
ISBN
9781349316175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

Paperback. This innovative, theoretical work focuses on temporal issues in theatre and the 'chemistry' of theatre - the ways in which a variety of factors in performance combine to make up what we call 'theatre'.Discussing a range of canonical plays, from Shakespeare to Beckett, the book makes a unique contribution to theatre and performance studies." Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316830
ISBN
9781349316830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Paperback. Assembling a remarkable group of scholars, these essaysexplore how the circulation and exchange of 'vectors of the radical' shape the avant-garde. Mapping the movement of scripts, theatre activists, performances, and other material entities, they provide unprecedented perspectives on the transnational performance culture of the avant-garde." Editor(s): Sell, Mike. Series: Performance Interventions. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; APF; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349317073
ISBN
9781349317073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Paperback. Few individuals have positioned their work more controversially or consequently than Richard Schechner within the pivotal debates that define Performance Studies. The Rise of Performance Studies is the first collection of essays to critically examine the profound contributions thatSchechner has made to Performance Studies as a discipline." Editor(s): Harding, James M.; Rosenthal, Cindy. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; D. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349318063
ISBN
9781349318063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319015
ISBN
9781349319015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.98

Paperback. "Bringing the study of Chinese theatre into the 21st-century, Lei discusses ways in which traditional art can survive and thrive in the age of modernization and globalization. Building on her previous work, this new book focuses on various forms of Chinese "opera" in locations around the Pacific Rim, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and California"-- Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; JFC; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319039
ISBN
9781349319039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Roehampton University, 2007. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; ASD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319190
ISBN
9781349319190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.86

Paperback. Elephants, lions, tigers and leopards evoke fascination and awe, fear and excitement.This bookanalyzes trained acts in twentieth-century live circus and cinema, reveals how humans anthropomorphize animals with their emotions, and interrogates the notion thatanimals embody a phenomenology of emotions and feelings in culture Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AP; AS; HBTB; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349319619
ISBN
9781349319619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.67

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

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. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349322428
ISBN
9781349322428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.82

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.49

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

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