This book charts the representation of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in popular performance and media in the US and UK from 1848 to the present day.
This book charts the representation of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in popular performance and media in the US and UK from 1848 to the present day.
The ultimate collection of 100 legendary guitarsFrom the beginnings of the American guitar in the 19th century to the avant-garde Canadian creations of a few months ago, from folk to electric to archtop; from the cheap guitar of the bluesmen of the 1960s to the Les Paul worth half a million dollars; all the instruments presented in this book are exceptional, whether it's because of their sound, their craftsmanship, the way they play, their aesthetics or the artists they inspired.
Drag: The Basics offers a concise, critical, and intersectional exploration of drag performance through its rich histories, theories, practices, and politics across global contexts.
Drag: The Basics offers a concise, critical, and intersectional exploration of drag performance through its rich histories, theories, practices, and politics across global contexts.
Now back in print after 25 years: A small but unusually exhaustive collection of magical texts from some of the most important ancient Egyptian manuals and stelae, translated and organized by the renowned Dutch Egyptologist J.
In The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast, Laurie Margot Ross situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam.
This book explores the remarkable ability of political cartoons in the region to craft and preserve an alternative narrative by employing the potent tool of political humor.
This book explores the remarkable ability of political cartoons in the region to craft and preserve an alternative narrative by employing the potent tool of political humor.
This edited book brings together scholarly chapters on linguistic aspects of humour in literary and non-literary domains and contexts in different parts of the world.
This edited book brings together scholarly chapters on linguistic aspects of humour in literary and non-literary domains and contexts in different parts of the world.
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms.
This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of theatrically-released spinoff films derived from British radio and television sitcoms.
From ice puppets to robots, from intricate marionettes to abstract forms, Making Meaning in Puppetry investigates the elusive and multifaceted how of how puppets make meaning in performance.
Dans l'atelier parisien de Madame Suzanne, cantatrice sur le declin et professeure de chant de renom, les jeunes chanteurs lyriques se reunissent pour une seance de travail collective : cours de chant et de technique vocale, ou ils s'ecoutent mutuellement.
Ou il est question d'ange est un recueil de cinq pieces de theatre qui presente successivement des demeles entre Lucifer et le bon Dieu ; un ange qui vient chercher Gustave, grand chirurgien en fin de vie ; une histoire de balade en montagne ; un denomme Fernand parlant a son petit-fils par photos interposees et, enfin, une histoire d'autopunition.
Karagiozisa form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figureswas immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it.
Inspire des faits reels, cet ouvrage souleve les problemes socioculturels et les exactions commises au nom des valeurs conservatoires qui subsistent dans certaines societes.
Cinéma, théâtre, stand up, fictions et documentaires télévisés, peinture, danse, depuis l’enfance tous ces arts visuels ont suscité en moi de fortes impressions et des souvenirs durables.
Pierre Soloviev, astrophysicien reconnu, s'enferme dans un observatoire pendant 30 ans avec pour objectif de repertorier l'integralite des trous noirs celestes.
Fruit d'une immersion de quatre annees dans differentes pratiques theatrales explorant apprentissage, pedagogie, creation, representations en France, en Allemagne et en Italie, cet ouvrage invite a un voyage interieur et exterieur.
A legendary choreographer's personal and practical guide to the art of dance-making Yvonne Rainer was a founding member of Judson Dance Theater, a 1960s New York artists' collective that championed ordinary, spare movements and spontaneity.
Based on close readings of three major sitcoms, this book unpacks how sitcoms understand later life sexualities and focusses on how they represent sexually active older adults.
