A Social History of British Performance Cultures 1900-1939: Citizenship, surveillance and the body

Author:   Maggie B. Gale (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   244
Publication Date:   11 December 2019
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Author:   Maggie B. Gale (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781138304383


ISBN 10:   1138304387
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   11 December 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: A Social History of British Performance Cultures 1900-1939: citizenship, surveillance and the body 1. Performance cultures and the expansion, operation and circulation of the performance industries 2. Legislating citizenship: regulating publics, regulating performance 3. Strangers and cultural transgressors on stage and screen: representing the outsider, the foreigner and the poor 4. Performing espionage: surveillance, the uncanny and theatrical spies 5. Performing conflict: beyond the First World War 6. Corporeality and the body in performance: agency and degeneration Bibliography Index

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Maggie B. Gale is Chair in Drama at the University of Manchester, UK. Coeditor of the Women, Theatre and Performance series, her recent publications include: Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon (2018) with Kate Dorney (eds), and The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook: From Modernism to Contemporary Performance (2nd edition, 2016) with John F. Deeney.

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