Dumbstruck - a cultural history of ventriloquism
Auteur :
Connor, Steven
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198184331
Date de publication :
26 oct. 2000
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,5 x 3,0 cm
Poids :
865 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A history of ventriloquism and the disembodied voice. The author tracks his subject from its beginnings in ancient Israel and Greece, through early Christian writers against practices of pagan divination, the voice in mysticism, and witchcraft and the figure of the ventriloquist.