The Methuen Drama handbook of theatre history and historiography /
This book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theater history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theater and performance practices and the development of theater histories around the world, Central to the book are eighteen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Methuen Drama,
[2020].
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| Series: | Methuen drama handbooks.
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| Summary: | This book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theater history research, with a particular focus on expanding the object of study to include engagement with theater and performance practices and the development of theater histories around the world, Central to the book are eighteen specially commissioned essays by established and emerging scholars from a wide range of international contexts, whose discussion of individual case studies is predicated on their understanding and experience of their 'local' landscape of theater history. These essays reveal where important work continues to be done in the field and, most valuably, draws on academic contexts beyond the Western academy to expand our knowledge of the exciting directions that such an approach opens up. Prefaced by an introduction tracing the development of the discipline of theater history and changing historiographical approaches, this handbook explores current issues pertaining to theater and performance history research, as well as providing up to date and robust introductions to the methods and historiographic questions being explored by researchers in the field. Featuring a series of essential research tools, including a detailed list of resources and an annotated bibliography of key texts, this is an indispensable scholarly handbook for anyone working in theater and performance history and historiography. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 364 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350034297 1350034290 |