American Puppet Modernism: Essays on the Material World in Performance

by John Bell

Book Overview

In American Puppet Modernism, Bell reveals how understanding puppetry is integral to understanding the nature of the material world in performance and in turn argues that the material world in performance is integral as a means of communication. Insightfully describing and analyzing different types of object performance from the 1860s to 2007, Bell uses the common focus on material objects in performance to link the worlds of traditional puppetry,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137286709
• ISBN13: 9781137286703
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"