Transatlantic Broadway

The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-49380-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: Transnational Theatre Histories

Transatlantic Broadway traces the infrastructural networks and technological advances that supported the globalization of popular entertainment in the pre-World War I period, with a specific focus on the production and performance of Broadway as physical space, dream factory, and glorious machine.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schweitzer, M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Transatlantic Broadway: The Infrastructural Politics of Global Performance 1. Networking the Waves: Ocean Liners, Impresarios, and Broadway's Atlantic Expansion 2. Along the Wires: Telegraphic Performances and the Wiring of Broadway 3. White Collar Broadway: Performing the Modern Office 4. ''My Word! How He is Kissing Her': The Material Culture of Theatrical Promotion 5. Epilogue: Transatlantic (re)Crossings Endnotes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marlis Schweitzer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at York University, Canada. Her publications include When Broadway Was the Runway: Theater, Fashion, and American Culture and Performing Objects and Theatrical Things (co-edited with Joanne Zerdy, 2014). Her articles have appeared in Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, Theatre Research International, and TDR. She is the editor of Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada.