Theatre histories : an introduction
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Theatre histories : an introduction
Routledge, 2016
3rd ed
- : pbk
- : hbk
Available at 10 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of the innovative and widely acclaimed Theatre Histories: An Introduction offers a critical overview of global theatre and drama, spanning a broad wealth of world cultures and periods. Bringing together a group of scholars from a diverse range of backgrounds to add fresh perspectives on the history of global theatre, the book illustrates historiographical theories with case studies demonstrating various methods and interpretive approaches.
Subtly restructured sections place the chapters within new thematic contexts to offer a clear overview of each period, while a revised chapter structure offers accessibility for students and instructors. Further new features and key updates to this third edition include:
A dedicated chapter on historiography
New, up to date, case studies
Enhanced and reworked historical, cultural and political timelines, helping students to place each chapter within the historical context of the section
Pronunciation guidance, both in the text and as an online audio guide, to aid the reader in accessing and internalizing unfamiliar terminology
A new and updated companion website with further insights, activities and resources to enable students to further their knowledge and understanding of the theatre.
Table of Contents
General Introduction. Part I: Performance in Oral and Manuscript Cultures. Introduction: Speech, Writing, and Performance 1. From Oral to Literate Performance 2. Pleasure, Power, and Aesthetics: Theatre in Early Literate Societies, 500 BCE-1450 CE 3. Commemorative Drama and Carnival. Part II: Theatre and Performance in Early Print Cultures. Introduction: Performance, Printing, and Political Centralization 4. Secular and Early Professional Theatre, 1250-1650 5. Theatre and the Print Revolution, 1550-1650 6. Theatres of Absolutism, 1600-1770. Part III: Theatre and Performance in Periodical Print Cultures. Introduction: Theatre for Bourgeois Civil Society 7. Theatre and Sentiment: Newspapers, Private Lives, and the Bourgeois Public Sphere, 1700-1785 8. Nationalism in the Theatre, 1760-1880 9. Performing "Progress": From Imperial Display to the Triumph of Realism and Naturalism, 1790-1914 10. New Media Divide the Theatres of Print Culture, 1870-1930. Part IV: Theatre and Performance in Electric and Electronic Communication Culture. Introduction: Theatre and the Unceasing Communications Revolutions 11. New Theatres for Revolutionary Times, 1910-1950 12. The Aftermath of World War II: Realism and its Discontents in an Increasingly Shrinking World, 1940-1970 13. Art, Politics or Business?: Theatre in Search of Identity, 1968-2000 14. Theatres of Local Roots and Global Reach (1970-Present) 15. Theatre in Networked Culture, 1990-Present. Glossary
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