Working Backstage: A Cultural History and Ethnography of Technical Theater Labor
Author:   Christin Essin
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
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9780472074969


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Christin Essin
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
Imprint:   The University of Michigan Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9780472074969


ISBN 10:   0472074962
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part I: Backstage Narratives Prologue Introduction: Shining a Light on Backstage Labor Chapter One: Working and Workers in New York City’s Theater Industry Part II: Backstage Histories Chapter Two: Commemoration as Union History Chapter Three: Stagehands in Black and White Chapter Four: Backstage Subjectivities, Work Choreographies, and Production Histories Part III: Backstage Dramaturgies Essay 1: Reading the Rude Mechanicals Essay 2: Dressers Onstage and Dressing Offstage Essay 3: Backstage Ensembles Coda Bibliography and Works Cited

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Working Backstage is groundbreaking, fresh, and incisive . . . the depth, breadth, and richness of the ethnographic research underpinning the book's arguments is extraordinary. The author's personal connection to the profession, her self-awareness and introspection about women's and men's technical work in theater add value and richness to the text. ---Timothy White, New Jersey City University This book's attention to contemporary technicians' work lives, their ambitions, and how they perceived of their labor is illuminating. Simultaneously, it highlights the operations and effects of theatrical hierarchies on individuals, theatrical culture, and workplace relationships. ---Ann Folino White, Michigan State University


Working Backstage is groundbreaking, fresh, and incisive . . . the depth, breadth, and richness of the ethnographic research underpinning the book's arguments is extraordinary. The author's personal connection to the profession, her self-awareness and introspection about women's and men's technical work in theater add value and richness to the text. ---Timothy White, New Jersey City University This book's attention to contemporary technicians' work lives, their ambitions, and how they perceived of their labor is illuminating. Simultaneously, it highlights the operations and effects of theatrical hierarchies on individuals, theatrical culture, and workplace relationships. ---Ann Folino White, Michigan State University


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Christin Essin is Associate Professor of Theatre History at Vanderbilt University.

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