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  • Women's Intercultural Performanceby Julie Holledge; Joanne Tompkins

    Routledge 2000; US$ 41.95

    This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates. more...

  • What is Scenography?by Pamela Howard

    Routledge 2001; US$ 37.95

    A provocative re-evaluation of the traditional role and methods of theatre designers, pointing towards a more holistic approach to making theatre. more...

  • Theatre and the State in Twentieth-Century Irelandby Lionel Pilkington

    Routledge 2001; US$ 44.95

    This major new study presents a political and cultural history of some of Ireland's key national theatre projects from the 1890s to the 1990s. more...

  • Community Theatreby Eugene van Erven

    Routledge 2000; US$ 36.95

    This is a unique record of the similarities and differences which exist within the vital artform of Community Theatre throughout the world. more...

  • Theatre at the Crossroads of Cultureby Loren Kruger; Patrice Pavis

    Routledge 1991; US$ 44.95

    Pavis analyses the political and aesthetic consequences of cultures meeting at the crossroads of theatre, looking at productions including Brook's Mahabharata , Cixous/Mnouchkine's Indiande , and Barba's Faust. more...

  • Re-Dressing the Canonby Alisa Solomon

    Routledge 1997; US$ 41.95

    Solomon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. more...

  • Captive Audienceby Thomas Fahy; Kimball King

    Routledge 2003; US$ 110.00

    This all-new collection examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored in contemporary theatre. more...

  • Sense of an Interiorby Diana Fuss

    Routledge 2004; US$ 45.00

    The Sense of an Interior is a fascinating exploration of domestic space and of the ways it determines how writers work. more...

  • The Life of a Textby Philip Lutgendorf

    University of California Press 1991; US$ 70.00

    The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text?the epic Ramcaritmanas ?and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers interested in the culture of North India and the performance arts will find breadth of subject, careful scholarship, and engaging presentation in this unique and beautifully illustrated examination of Hindi culture. The most popular and influential text of Hindi-speaking North India, the epic Ramcaritmanas is a sixteenth century retelling of the Ramayana story by the poet Tulsidas. This masterpiece of pre-modern Hindi literature has always reached its largely... more...

  • Theory/theatreby Mark Fortier

    Routledge 2002; US$ 38.95

    Fortier lucidly examines current theoretical approaches, from semiotics, poststructuralism, through cultural materialism, postcolonial studies and feminist theory. more...