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34 produkter
George Bernard Shaw and the Socialist Theatre
Häftad, 1994
413 kr
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A biographically based study of George Bernard Shaw and his milieu, this book offers a non-laudatory reading of Shaw's economic practices and theories, augments feminist and postcolonial critiques that preoccupy the study of literary history in the 1990s, and provides a long overdue revisionist …
George Bernard Shaw and the Socialist Theatre
Inbunden, 1994
909 kr
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A biographically based study of George Bernard Shaw and his milieu, this book offers a non-laudatory reading of Shaw's economic practices and theories, augments feminist and postcolonial critiques that preoccupy the study of literary history in the 1990s, and provides a long overdue revisionist …
Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography
Av Tracy C. Davis, Peter W. Marx
Häftad, 2022
623 kr
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The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography sets the agenda for inclusive and wide-ranging approaches to writing history, embracing the diverse perspectives of the twenty-first century and Critical Media History.Written by an international team of authors whose expertise spans …
Actresses as Working Women
Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture
Inbunden, 1991
2208 kr
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Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and …
Uncle Tom's Cabins
The Transnational History of America's Most Mutable Book
Av Tracy C. Davis, Stefka Mihaylova
Inbunden, 2018
1620 kr
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As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle …
Uncle Tom's Cabins
The Transnational History of America's Most Mutable Book
Av Tracy C. Davis, Stefka Mihaylova
Häftad, 2020
512 kr
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As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle …
Uncle Tom's Cabins
The Transnational History of America''s Most Mutable Book
Av Stefka Mihaylova, Tracy C. Davis
E-bok, 2018
762 kr
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As Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin traveled around the world, it was molded by the imaginations and needs of international audiences. For over 150 years it has been coopted for a dazzling array of causes far from what its author envisioned. This book tells thirteen variants of Uncle …
Theatricality
Av Tracy C. Davis, Thomas Postlewait
Häftad, 2004
705 kr
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This collection of specially-commissioned, accessible, essays explores that element of performance theory known as theatricality. Six case studies, each written by a specialist in the field, use historically specific circumstances to illustrate how and why the concept of theatricality was and is …
The Economics of the British Stage 1800-1914
Häftad, 2007
938 kr
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During the nineteenth century, British theatre developed into an industry with considerable importance in the economy, diversified by whole new forms of entertainment - first music hall then cinema - evolving alongside the dramatic stage. This comprehensive study examines the theatre's growth from …
The Economics of the British Stage 1800-1914
Inbunden, 2000
2130 kr
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During the nineteenth century, British theatre developed into an industry with considerable importance in the economy, diversified by whole new forms of entertainment - first music hall then cinema - evolving alongside the dramatic stage. This comprehensive study examines the theatre's growth from …
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Av Tracy C. Davis, Ellen Donkin
Inbunden, 1999
1704 kr
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Why does historical memory exclude nineteenth-century women playwrights when hundreds worked prolifically across the spectrum of professional theatre, amateur theatricals, and publishing? What might it mean to adjust the collective focus of cultural historians and literary critics so that these …
Reading the Material Theatre
Av Ric Knowles, Tracy C. Davis
Häftad, 2004
687 kr
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Reading the Material Theatre develops and demonstrates a method of theatrical performance analysis that takes into account the entire theatre experience, from production to reception. Beginning with semiotic and cultural materialist theory, Knowles quickly moves into detailed politicized analysis …
Professing Performance
Theatre in the Academy from Philology to Performativity
Av Shannon Jackson, Tracy C. Davis
Häftad, 2004
672 kr
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Today's academic discourse is filled with the word 'perform'. Nestled amongst a variety of prefixes and suffixes (re-, post-, -ance, -ivity?), the term functions as a vehicle for a host of contemporary inquiries. For students, artists, and scholars of performance and theatre, this development is …
Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Av Tracy C. Davis, Ellen Donkin
Häftad, 1999
654 kr
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Why does historical memory exclude nineteenth-century women playwrights when hundreds worked prolifically across the spectrum of professional theatre, amateur theatricals, and publishing? What might it mean to adjust the collective focus of cultural historians and literary critics so that these …
The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies
Häftad, 2008
435 kr
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Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the …
Theatricality
Av Tracy C. Davis, Thomas Postlewait
Inbunden, 2004
1677 kr
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This collection of specially-commissioned, accessible, essays explores that element of performance theory known as theatricality. Six case studies, each written by a specialist in the field, use historically specific circumstances to illustrate how and why the concept of theatricality was and is …
The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies
Inbunden, 2008
1610 kr
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Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the …
Stages of Emergency
Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense
Häftad, 2007
651 kr
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In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally …
Stages of Emergency
Cold War Nuclear Civil Defense
E-bok, 2007
671 kr
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In an era defined by the threat of nuclear annihilation, Western nations attempted to prepare civilian populations for atomic attack through staged drills, evacuations, and field exercises. In Stages of Emergency the distinguished performance historian Tracy C. Davis investigates the fundamentally …
The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies
Inbunden, 2024
1685 kr
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We often know performance when we see it - but how should we investigate it? And how should we interpret what we find out? This book demonstrates why and how mixed methods research is necessary for investigating and explaining performance and advancing new critical agendas in cultural study. The …
Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies
E-bok, 2024
1668 kr
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Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies
E-bok, 2024
1668 kr
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Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform
Inbunden, 2023
570 kr
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This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the …
Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform
E-bok, 2023
600 kr
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This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the …
Liberal Lives and Activist Repertoires
Political Performance and Victorian Social Reform
E-bok, 2023
600 kr
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This ambitious study traces the strategies of human rights activists to show how world-changing reform movements were shaped by women and men from modest backgrounds who were deeply attuned to the power of performance. Tracy C. Davis explores nineteenth-century reform campaigns through the …
Actresses as Working Women
Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture
E-bok, 2002
2603 kr
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Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary'' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and …
Actresses as Working Women
Their Social Identity in Victorian Culture
E-bok, 2002
2603 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Using historical evidence as well as personal accounts, Tracy C. Davis examines the reality of conditions for `ordinary'' actresses, their working environments, employment patterns and the reasons why acting continued to be such a popular, though insecure, profession. Firmly grounded in Marxist and …
Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography
Av Tracy C. Davis, Peter W. Marx
Inbunden, 2020
3143 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance Historiography sets the agenda for inclusive and wide-ranging approaches to writing history, embracing the diverse perspectives of the twenty-first century and Critical Media History.Written by an international team of authors whose expertise spans …
Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies
E-bok, 2008
420 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the …
Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies
E-bok, 2008
420 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Since the turn of the century, Performance Studies has emerged as an increasingly vibrant discipline. Its concerns - embodiment, ethical research and social change - are held in common with many other fields, however a unique combination of methods and applications is used in exploration of the …
