Theorizing Practice by P Holland

Theorizing Practice by P Holland

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In a series of essays, several of the most significant figures in the field present a wide-ranging interrogation of the practice of theatre history studies at the present time, raising questions of history and historiography; the bearing of national, sexual, and racial identity on the canons of theatre history;

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Theorizing Practice by P Holland

In a series of essays, several of the most significant figures in the field present a wide-ranging interrogation of the practice of theatre history studies at the present time, raising questions of history and historiography; the bearing of national, sexual, and racial identity on the canons of theatre history; the limits of print and the history of non-textual forms of performance; the intersections between theatre and other forms of commodification; and even the work of performance at the borders of the human.

'This charming mosaic - each piece having been placed by a different hand - is still worthwhile reading, with some wonderful essays' - Leslie Barcza, Consciousness, Literature and the Arts

'There is much to offer in this volume and I would heartily recommend it to anyone working in theatre and performance history.' - New Theatre Quarterly

SUSAN BENNETT University Professor and Professor of English at the University of Calgary, Canada UNA CHAUDHURI Professor of English and Drama at New York University, USA SUSAN LEIGH FOSTER Professor in the World Arts and Cultures Program at UCLA, USA BARBARA HODGDON Adjunct Professor of English and Theatre at the University of Michigan, USA DENNIS KENNEDY Samuel Beckett Professor of Drama and Head of the School of Drama in Trinity College, Dublin LOREN KRUGER Teaches at the University of Chicago, USA THOMAS POSTLEWAIT Professor of Theatre at Ohio State University, USA JOSEPH ROACH Charles C. and Dorothea S. Dilley Professor of Theatre at Yale, USA FREDDIE ROKEM Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Professor of Theatre Studies at Tel Aviv University, Israel
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ISBN 13 9781403907943
ISBN 10 1403907943
Title Theorizing Practice
Author P Holland
Series Redefining British Theatre History
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Palgrave USA
Year published 2003-11-18
Number of pages 240
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