Circus, Science and Technology: Dramatising Innovation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030433000)

This book explores the circus as a site in and through which science and technology are represented in popular culture. Across eight chapters written by leading scholars - from fields as varied as performance and circus studies, art, media and cultural history, and engineering - the book discusses to what extent the engineering of circus and performing bodies can be understood as a strategy to promote awe, how technological inventions have shaped circus and the cultures it helps constitute, and how much of a mutual shaping this is. What kind of cultural and aesthetic effects does engineering in circus contexts achieve? How do technological inventions and innovations impact on the circus? How does the link between circus and technology manifest in representations and interpretations - imaginaries - of the circus in other media and popular culture? Circus, Science and Technology examines the ways circus can provide a versatile frame for interpreting our relationship with technology.

Author: Anna-Sophie J?gens
ISBN-10: 3030433005
ISBN-13: 9783030433000
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/24/2021
Pages: 189
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.48d