American Puppet Modernism
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Essays on the Material World in Performance, Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
| ISBN: |
1403979812 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781403979810 |
| Autor: |
Bell, John |
| Verlag: |
Springer Verlag GmbH |
| Umfang: |
xii, 280 S. |
| Erscheinungsdatum: |
19.09.2008 |
| Auflage: |
1/2008 |
| Produktform: |
Gebunden/Hardback |
| Einband: |
Gebunden |
EXCELLENT REVIEWS FROM TOP SCHOLARS IN FIELD: Both reviewers are well-respected in the theatre and performing arts studies fields and stand confidently behind publication, and Don Wilmeth, the series editor, promises to throw his weight behind this original project. Kathy Foley, Professor of Theatre Arts at UC Santa Cruz writes: „this promises to be a rich work with many original insights-I would recommend the publication with minor revisions,“ and Joel Schechter, Professor in the Theatre Arts Department at San Francisco State University goes so far as to say that „Bell is one of our country’s leading scholars on puppetry, and his fine writing on the subject deserves to be read widelyCOMPLETELY ORIGINAL, NEW SCHOLARSHIP: No one has attempted to do just what Bell will do in this book and the material represents a valuable and unique contribution to the field. The history of American puppetry has not yet been treated in a sustained fashion, and Bell is just the scholar to do the job. In addition, Bell draws his arguments from primary sources and hands-on research: interviews, museum collections, films, television, archival materials, correspondence, etc.GREAT WAY TO BROADEN SERIES: Bell’s project is represents an entirely unique approach to American national identity and explores an often dismissed medium. This book will help to broaden the theatre series‘ definition of what constitutes both performance and history. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPEAL: Because of Bell’s focus on American cultural history, this book would be appealing to students and scholars of U.S. history and cultural studies, as well as to specialists of theatre history and performance art studies. It will also appeal to postmodern theorists, anthropologists, and art historians, not to mention practitioners of the art form itself. One of the reviewer’s, Kathy Foley, states „I know I would certainly consider [this book] for the 200-person course that I teach.“
Beschreibung
Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This study analyses the history of puppet, mask, and performing object theatre in the United States over the past 150 years to understand how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theatre, modern-art idealism, and mechanical innovation reinvented the ancient art of puppetry.
Autorenporträt
John Bell is the Director of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, USA.
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Springer Verlag GmbH
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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
