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J. Chris Westgate - Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage - 9781349471669 - V9781349471669
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Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage

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Description for Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage Paperback. Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HBTB; JFC; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349471669
SKU
V9781349471669
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About J. Chris Westgate
J. Chris Westgate is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics at California State University, Fullerton, USA.

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“This book is a valuable resource for scholars of national and theatrical history … providing not only an idea of popular dramaturgy, but of theatre and entertainment culture during this time and place. In that vein it is also a useful resource for sociological and ethnographic research because it examines the relationship among various entertainment and recreation trends and connects ... Read more

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