| American Puppet Modernism: Essays on the Material World in Performance 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Bell, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403979812 ISBN-13: 9781403979810 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: This study analyzes the history of puppet, mask, and performing object theater in the United States over the past 150 years to understand how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theater, modern-art idealism and mechanical innovation created uniquely modern and singularly American approaches which have reinvented the ancient arts of puppetry as essential performance modes of the twenty-first century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Crafts & Hobbies | Puppets & Puppetry |
| Dewey: 791.538 |
| LCCN: 2007048665 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.91" W x 8.33" (0.94 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |