The Arts: General & Reference books

The Companion provides an accessible, informative and engaging introduction to important people and companies, events,...  Read More >>

This book takes a close look at systems and rhetorics of silencing in sports training, using the Larry Nassar abuse...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

Original essays and visual art that reveal the depth and complexity of the sculpture of American modernist Tony...  Read More >>

Agamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and Nymphs will engage...  Read More >>

Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben takes a close look at why the sense of taste has not historically been appreciated...  Read More >>

Bringing together international perspectives on the figure of the “monster” in performance, this edited collection...  Read More >>

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Perfect for fans of Elle Cosimano and Nita Prose, when Hollywood costumer Joey Jessop stumbles across a dead body...  Read More >>

This book uses the social transformation that has taken place in Ireland since the decriminalisation of homosexuality...  Read More >>

Transcultural Theater outlines the idea of a transcultural theater as enabling an approximation to and an interaction...  Read More >>

This book provides a unique insight into contemporary curation and management in an innovative London-based gallery....  Read More >>

This book develops an original theory of performative beauty. Philosophical aesthetics has largely neglected one’s...  Read More >>

This book explores the detrimental effects on global peace of populism’s tendency to present complex social issues...  Read More >>

A collection of essays that offer an understanding of how performance art can be a tool for dissent against power...  Read More >>

The formation and communication of vision is one of the primary responsibilities of a director, before ever getting...  Read More >>

Now in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse...  Read More >>

The Companion provides an accessible, informative and engaging introduction to important people and companies, events,...  Read More >>

In Flesh and Fabric, Jeffrey F. Hamburger explores the historical context and technique of a largely overlooked...  Read More >>

Reflections on the evolution and philosophical depth of Gieve Patel's art, adorned with illustrations of his paintings....  Read More >>

Now in a fully updated second edition, How to Read a Play offers methods for analyzing play scripts from a diverse...  Read More >>

Reconstructing Exhibitions in Art Institutions spans exhibition histories as anti-apartheid activism within South...  Read More >>

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