Representation and Identity from Versailles to the Present : The Performing Subject /

Sikes traces the shifting role of performance in the fashioning of subjectivity from the Modern to the Postmodern eras. The book joins history and historiography and is grounded in a body of research about varied performance subjects from court dance, ballet, opera, festivals, celebrations, propagan...

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Main Author: Sikes, Alan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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Summary:Sikes traces the shifting role of performance in the fashioning of subjectivity from the Modern to the Postmodern eras. The book joins history and historiography and is grounded in a body of research about varied performance subjects from court dance, ballet, opera, festivals, celebrations, propaganda films, Hollywood movies to reality TV.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:9780230605619
DOI:10.1057/9780230605619