American puppet modernism: essays on the material world in performance
Auteur :
Bell, John
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781137286703
Date de publication :
27 déc. 2012
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.