Performance and Cultural Politics
ISBN: 9780415127684 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, written by the foremost scholars in the field. The essays, exploring performance art, theatre, music and dance, range from Oscar Wilde to Eric Clapton; from the Rose Theatre to U.S. Holocaust museums. The topic includes:
* Sex Play: Stereotype, Pose and Dildo * Grave Performances: The Cultural Politics of Memory * Genealogies: Critical Performances * Identity Politics: Passing, Carnival and the Law In the concluding section,... Performance and Cultural Politics is a groundbreaking collection of essays which explore the historical and cultural territories of performance, writt...
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Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook
ISBN: 9780415139243 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gender. Best-selling author, Elaine Aston, takes the reader through the various stages of making feminist theatre- from warming up, through workshopped exploration, to performance - this volume is organised into three clear and instructive parts:
* Women in the Workshop * Dramatic Texts, Feminist Contexts * Gender and Devising Projects. Orientated around the classroom/workshop, Handbook of Feminist Theatre Practice... Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gende...
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Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook
ISBN: 9780415139250 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gender. Best-selling author, Elaine Aston, takes the reader through the various stages of making feminist theatre- from warming up, through workshopped exploration, to performance - this volume is organised into three clear and instructive parts:
* Women in the Workshop * Dramatic Texts, Feminist Contexts * Gender and Devising Projects. Orientated around the classroom/workshop, Handbook of Feminist Theatre Practice... Feminist Theatre Practice: A Handbook is a helpful, practical guide to theatre-making which explores the different ways of representing gende...
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Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
ISBN: 9780415143592 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy.
This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an... In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years o...
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Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception
ISBN: 9780415157223 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes: - a new preface by the author - a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre - a revised up-to-date bibliography. Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre... Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both...
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708,33 zł |
Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception
ISBN: 9780415157230 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both theories of spectatorship and the practice of different theatres and their audiences.
Published here in a brand new updated edition, Theatre Audiences now includes: nBL a new preface by the author - a stunning extra chapter on intercultural theatre - a revised up-to-date bibliography Theatre Audiences is a must-buy for teachers and students interested in spectatorship and theatre... Susan Bennett's highly successful Theatre Audiences is a unique full-length study of the audience as cultural phenomenon, which looks at both...
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The Changing Room : Sex, Drag and Theatre
ISBN: 9780415159869 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet; the gender-bending elements of Greek and early Christian religion; the sodomitic appeal of the boy actor on the traditional stage of China, Japan and England; and the origins of the dame comedian, the principal boy, the glamour drag artiste and the male impersonator.
This work traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: tribal rituals and shamani...
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209,82 zł |
Women's Intercultural Performance
ISBN: 9780415173797 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates.
Holledge and Tompkins provide ways of thinking about and analysing contemporary performance and representations of the performing, female, culturally-marked body. The book includes discussions of: * ritual performance by women from Central Australia and Korea * the cultural exchange of A Doll's House and Antigone * plays from Algeria,... This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explo...
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The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
ISBN: 9780415174725 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings on politics, ideology, and performance.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and including new writings from leading scholars, the book provides material on: * post-coloniality and performance theory and practice * critical theories and performance * intercultural perspectives * power, politics and the theatre * sexuality in performance * live arts and the media * theatre games. The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings ...
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708,33 zł |
The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
ISBN: 9780415174732 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings on politics, ideology, and performance.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and including new writings from leading scholars, the book provides material on: * post-coloniality and performance theory and practice * critical theories and performance * intercultural perspectives * power, politics and the theatre * sexuality in performance * live arts and the media * theatre games. The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance brings together for the first time a comprehensive collection of extracts from key writings ...
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The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910
ISBN: 9780415179829 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Drama of South Africa comprehensively chronicles the development of dramatic writing and performance from 1910, when the country came into official existence, to the advent of post-apartheid. Eminent theatre historian Loren Kruger discusses well-known figures, as well as lesser-known performers and directors who have enriched the theatre of South Africa. She also highlights the contribution of women and other minorities, concluding with a discussion of the post-apartheid character of South Africa at the end of the twentieth century.
The Drama of South Africa comprehensively chronicles the development of dramatic writing and performance from 1910, when the country came int...
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The Drama of South Africa : Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910
ISBN: 9780415179836 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text chronicles the development of dramatic writing and performance in South Africa from 1910, when the country came into official existence as a partially post-colonial Union, to the advent of post-apartheid. It discusses well-known figures and famous phenomena, and lesser known actors, directors and impressarios that have enriched the theatre of South Africa. As well as discussing conventional dramatic texts, the book investigates the impact of sketches and manifestos, and the oral preservation of scripts that for various reasons, political and otherwise, could not be written down.
This text chronicles the development of dramatic writing and performance in South Africa from 1910, when the country came into official existence as a...
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History of European Drama and Theatre
ISBN: 9780415180597 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Throughout history, drama has performed and represented political, religious, national, ethnic, class-related, gendered, and individual concepts of identity.
This study reconstructs the vast history of European Drama from Greek tragedy through to 20th century theatre, focusing on the subject of identity. Th...
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The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard
ISBN: 9780415186674 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first full-length study to explore the link between a western theatre which, says Kershaw, is largely outdated and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying focused on the period between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial resources for the revitalisation of the radical across a wide spectrum of cultural practices.
This is a timely, necessary and... The Radical in Performance investigates the crisis in contemporary theatre, and celebrates the subversive in performance. It is the first ful...
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The Radical in Performance: Between Brecht and Baudrillard
ISBN: 9780415186681 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Interrogating the crisis in contemporary theatre, this text celebrates the subversive in performance. It explores the link between a western theatre culture which, says Kershaw, is largely past its sell-by-date and the blossoming of postmodern performance, much of which has a genuinely radical edge. In staying determinedly poised between Brecht and Baudrillard, modernity and postmodernism, Baz Kershaw identifies crucial resources for the revitalization of the radical across a wide spectrum of cultural practices. He asks, what next, once political theatre is all but dead, smothered by the...
Interrogating the crisis in contemporary theatre, this text celebrates the subversive in performance. It explores the link between a western theatre c...
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1956 and All That : The Making of Modern British Drama
ISBN: 9780415189392 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this challenge to the received wisdom of the last 40 years of theatrical history, the author presents a different story altogether. It is one where Britain's declining Empire and increasing panic over the problem of homosexuality played a crucial role in the construction of an enduring myth of the theatre. By going back to primary sources and rigorously questioning all assumptions, the author presents his own history of the making of modern British drama.
In this challenge to the received wisdom of the last 40 years of theatrical history, the author presents a different story altogether. It is one where...
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Kathakali Dance-Drama : Where Gods and Demons Come to Play
ISBN: 9780415192828 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kathakali, the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India, is the subject of this text. During these performances heroes, heroines, gods and demons tell their stories of traditional Indian epics. The four Kathakali plays included in this anthology, translated from actual performances into English are: The Flower of Good Fortune; The Killing of Kirmmira; The Progeny of Krishna; and King Rugmamgada's Law.
Kathakali, the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India, is the subject of this text. During these performances heroes, her...
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New Sites for Shakespeare: Theatre, the Audience, and Asia
ISBN: 9780415194501 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the course of exploring the theatrical cultures of South and East Asia, Shakespeareanist John Russell Brown developed theories about the nature of performance, the state of Western Theatre of the late 1990s and the future potential of Shakespeare's plays. This text outlines his belief in the power of theatre to reach mass audiences, based on his experiences of popular Asian performances. It is a study of the kind of theatrical experience Shakespeare's own contemporaries enjoyed. Separate chapters consider staging, acting, improvization, ceremonies and ritual; and the experience of the...
In the course of exploring the theatrical cultures of South and East Asia, Shakespeareanist John Russell Brown developed theories about the nature of ...
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Corpus Delecti : Performance Art of the Americas
ISBN: 9780415194532 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A collection of historical and critical studies of contemporary Latin performance. Drawing on live art from the 1960s to the present day, these essays explore the impact of Latin American politics, popular culture and syncretic religions on Latin performance. Including contributions by artists as well as scholars, Coco Fusco's collection bridges the theory/practice divide and discusses a wide variety of genres. Among them are: body art, carpa, vaudeville, staged political protest, tropicalist musical comedies, contemporary Venezuelan performance art, the Chicano Art movement and queer Latino...
A collection of historical and critical studies of contemporary Latin performance. Drawing on live art from the 1960s to the present day, these essays...
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Theatre/Archaeology
ISBN: 9780415194570 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study presents a challenge to disciplinary practice and intellectual boundaries. It brings together radical proposals in both archaeological and performance theory to generate a methodological framework. It facilitates a new way of investigating landscape and cityscape, and notions of physicality, encounter, site and context. The book is the result of a long-term collaboration between a renowned archaeological theorist and a leading theatre artist.
This study presents a challenge to disciplinary practice and intellectual boundaries. It brings together radical proposals in both archaeological and ...
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708,33 zł |