Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance (Transnational Theatre Histories)
Marlis Schweitzer
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Description for Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance (Transnational Theatre Histories)
Hardcover. Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physical space, dream factory, and glorious machine. Series: Transnational Theatre Histories. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physical space, dream factory, and glorious machine.
Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physical space, dream factory, and glorious machine.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Transnational Theatre Histories
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137437341
SKU
V9781137437341
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Marlis Schweitzer
Marlis Schweitzer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at York University, Canada. Her publications include When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture and Performing Objects and Theatrical Things (co-edited with Joanne Zerdy, 2014). Her articles have appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research International, and TDR. She is the editor of Theatre Research ... Read more
Reviews for Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance (Transnational Theatre Histories)
“Transatlantic Broadway makes an important contribution to theatre and performance studies, American cultural history, histories of capitalism, and studies of print and material culture. … Essential for scholars and teachers of theatre history, Schweitzer’s study prompts readers to envision historiography as competing and overlapping threads or networks. … Transatlantic Broadway attends to performers, spaces, and archives that have been neglected ... Read more