{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-puppetry-and-material-performance-paperback","title":"The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDassia N. Posner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClaudia Orenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-ranging \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eand theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book proposes a collaborative, responsive model for broader artistic engagement in and\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewith the material world. Its 28 chapters aim to advance the study of the puppet not only as a\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etheatrical object but also as a vibrant artistic and scholarly discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003elooks at puppetry and material performance from six perspectives: theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eapproaches to the puppet, perspectives from practitioners, revisiting history, negotiating tradition, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ematerial performances in contemporary theatre, and hybrid forms. Its wide range of topics, which\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003espan 15 countries over five continents, encompasses: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- visual dramaturgy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- theatrical juxtapositions of robots and humans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- contemporary transformations of Indonesian \u003ci\u003ewayang kulit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Japanese ritual body substitutes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- recent European productions featuring toys, clay, and food.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars such as Matthew Isaac\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCohen, Kathy Foley, Jane Marie Law, Eleanor Margolies, Cody Poulton, and Jane Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt also celebrates the vital link between puppetry as a discipline and as a creative practice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewith chapters by active practitioners, including Handspring Puppet Company's Basil Jones, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedmoon's Jim Lasko, and Bread and Puppet's Peter Schumann. Fully illustrated with more\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethan 60 images, this volume comprises the most expansive English-language collection of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003einternational puppetry scholarship to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDassia N. Posner is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Northwestern University. A theatre historian, dramaturg, and puppeteer, she is the author of numerous articles and chapters on Russian theatre, the history of directing, and puppetry and is Peer-Review Editor for \u003cem\u003ePuppetry International\u003c\/em\u003e. Recent dramaturgy includes \u003cem\u003eThree Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRussian Transport\u003c\/em\u003e at Steppenwolf.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaudia Orenstein is Associate Professor of Theatre at Hunter College and the Graduate Center at CUNY. Publications include \u003cem\u003eThe World of Theatre: Tradition and Innovation, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFestive Revolutions: The Politics of Popular Theatre and the San Francisco Mime Troupe\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a board member of UNIMA-USA and Associate Editor of \u003cem\u003eAsian Theatre Journal\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Bell is Director of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut. An active puppeteer with Great Small Works and Bread \u0026amp; Puppet Theater, as well as a theatre historian, his publications include \u003cem\u003eAmerican Puppet Modernism\u003c\/em\u003e (2008) and \u003cem\u003ePuppets, Masks, and Performing Objects \u003c\/em\u003e(2001). \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.7 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710350913843,"sku":"9781138913837","price":117.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QW1keGxNWW1kUURFem9YdkZkTlBhZz09.webp?v=1763488990","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-puppetry-and-material-performance-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}