Approaching Historical Sources in Their Contexts: Space, Time and Performance

ISBN-13: 9780815364818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Sarah Barber; Corinna Peniston-Bird

Opis

In this book, twelve academics examine how space, time and performance interact to co-create context for source analysis. Drawing out common threads to help with the reader’s own historical investigation, this book encourages a broad and inclusive approach to the physical and social contexts of historical evidence.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Building: Constructing Identities 2 Landscape: Consuming Natural Places 3 Cemeteries: Tracing Sepulchral Cultures 4 Memorials: Associative Meanings 5 Masque and Opera: Staging Performance 6 Radio: Listening to the Airwaves 7 Television: Capturing Performance 8 Digital Surrogates: Archaeological Materialities 9 Objects: Dynamics of Display 10 Clothing: Reading what was Worn 11 Photo Albums: Autobiographical Narrations 12 Scrapbooks: Proliferations of Meaning