Staging Stigma
Title | Staging Stigma PDF eBook |
Author | M. Chemers |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 182 |
Release | 2016-04-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 023061681X |
Staging Stigma is a captivating excursion into the bizarre world of the American freak show. Chemers critically examines several key moments of a performance tradition in which the truth is often stranger than the fiction. Grounded in meticulous historical research and cultural criticism, Chemers analysis reveals untold stories of freaks that will change the way we understand both performance and disability in America. This book is a must-have for serious students of freakery or anyone who is curious about the hidden side of American theatrical history.
Staging Stigma
Title | Staging Stigma PDF eBook |
Author | M. Chemers |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Total Pages | 182 |
Release | 2014-01-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781349603718 |
Staging Stigma critically examines the freak show performance tradition, using meticulous historical research and cultural criticism to change the way we understand both performance and disability.
Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage
Title | Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage PDF eBook |
Author | J. Westgate |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 459 |
Release | 2014-10-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137357681 |
Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein.
Staging the People
Title | Staging the People PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth A. Osborne |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2011-06-20 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0230119565 |
The Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal plan to fund theatre and other live artistic performances during the Great Depression, had the primary goal of employing out-of-work artists, writers, and directors, with the secondary aim of entertaining poor families and creating relevant art. These case studies explore the ties between the Federal Theatre Project and regional communities throughout the United States.
Staging Holocaust Resistance
Title | Staging Holocaust Resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Gene A. Plunka |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 417 |
Release | 2012-04-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137000619 |
Plunka argues that drama is the ideal art form to revitalize the collective memory of Holocaust resistance. This comparative drama study examines a variety of international plays - some quite well-known, others more obscure - that focus on collective or individual defiance of the Nazis.
Class Divisions on the Broadway Stage
Title | Class Divisions on the Broadway Stage PDF eBook |
Author | M. Schwartz |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 244 |
Release | 2014-07-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137353058 |
Examining twenty-five years of theatre history, this book covers the major plays that feature representations of the Industrial Workers of the World. American class movement and class divisions have long been reflected on the Broadway stage and here Michael Schwartz presents a fresh look at the conflict between labor and capital.
Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage
Title | Mei Lanfang and the Twentieth-Century International Stage PDF eBook |
Author | M. Tian |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 500 |
Release | 2012-01-02 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1137010436 |
The first book-length study in any language of the presence and influence of Mei Lanfang, the internationally known Chinese actor who specialized in female roles on the twentieth-century international stage. Tian investigates Mei Lanfang's presence and influence and the transnational and intercultural appropriations of his art.