The Cambridge Companion to the Circus by Gillian Arrighi, Jim Davis
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Description An authoritative introduction to the specialised histories of the modern circus, its unique aesthetics, and its contemporary manifestations and scholarship, from its origins in commercial equestrian performance, to contemporary inflections of circus arts in major international festivals, educational environments, and social justice settings.
Publisher Description
The Cambridge Companion to the Circus provides a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seeking perspectives on the foundations and evolution of the modern circus, the contemporary extent of circus studies, and the specialised literature available to support further enquiries. The volume brings together an international group of established and emerging scholars working across the multi-disciplinary domain of circus studies to present a clear overview of the specialised histories, aesthetics and distinctive performances of the modern circus. In sixteen commissioned essays, it covers the origins in commercial equestrian performance during the late-eighteenth century to contemporary inflections of circus arts in major international festivals, educational environments, and social justice settings.
Author Biography
Gillian Arrighi is Associate Professor in the School of Creative Industries at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She is a member of the Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) and the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). She has held visiting fellowships at the Ransom Centre for the Humanities (UTexas, Austin), the Harvard Theatre Collection, and the National Library of Australia. Jim Davis is Professor of Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England (CUP, 2015), which won the David Bradby Prize for International Theatre Research. He is also an editor of Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film.
Details ISBN 1108719228 ISBN-13 9781108719223 Title The Cambridge Companion to the Circus Author Gillian Arrighi, Jim Davis Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 320 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:132570718; About Us
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