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Theater Historiography
Henry Bial
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Description for Theater Historiography
Paperback. Fresh approaches to theater historiography and performance studies that bring the two fields productively together Editor(s): Bial, Henry; Magelssen, Scott. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AN; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Questions about how theater history should be taught have in recent years provoked passionate discussions. Some scholars have argued that the emerging discipline of performance studies should replace theater history altogether. On the other side of the debate, traditional theater historians have sometimes rejected performance studies analyses as unsatisfactorily diffuse and less than rigorous. Showcasing the work of scholars conducting innovative and compelling research in theater history, Theater Historiography collects original essays that probe key methodological questions about interdisciplinarity, postcolonialism, the archive, and digital technology. The result is a volume that features a cohesiveness of theme and purpose while encompassing ... Read more
Questions about how theater history should be taught have in recent years provoked passionate discussions. Some scholars have argued that the emerging discipline of performance studies should replace theater history altogether. On the other side of the debate, traditional theater historians have sometimes rejected performance studies analyses as unsatisfactorily diffuse and less than rigorous. Showcasing the work of scholars conducting innovative and compelling research in theater history, Theater Historiography collects original essays that probe key methodological questions about interdisciplinarity, postcolonialism, the archive, and digital technology. The result is a volume that features a cohesiveness of theme and purpose while encompassing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472051335
SKU
V9780472051335
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About Henry Bial
Henry Bial is Assistant Professor of Theatre, University of New Mexico. He is editor of The Performance Studies Reader and co-editor of Brecht Sourcebook
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