Bennett Theatre and Museums

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-29280-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 96 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Theatre And

Bennett explores the relationship between theatre and museums, looking particularly at the collaborative processes that intertwine these two cultural practices. She argues that discourses of performance studies can open up new avenues of inquiry about the production and reception of the museum experience and its place in contemporary culture.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Susan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface.- Introduction.- From Display to Experience.- Re-performance.- Theatre in the Museum: Collection as Performance.- The Experiential Museum.- Performance as Collection: Repertoire in the Museum.- Conclusion: Re-performance Matters.- Further Reading.- Works Cited.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

SUSAN BENNETT is University Professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary, Canada. She is the editor of Feminist Theatre & Performance and the author of Theatre Audiences: A Theory of Production and Reception (now in its second edition) and Performing Nostalgia: Shifting Shakespeare and the Contemporary Past.