{"product_id":"modernist-disguise-ron-j-popenhagen-9781474470063","title":"Modernist Disguise: Masquerade in Modern Performance and Visual Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnalyses the expansion of head and body masking from nineteenth-century Paris to its international maturity in contemporary culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the presence and development of masquerade in the modernist era - via performance history - with parallel references to theatricality and performativity in visual arts and visual culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComments upon masquerade's foundation in popular performance throughout the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries, frequently alluding to significant images from the history of photography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheorises masquerade within the context of European theatre and drama scholarship, as well as British and European conservatory arts and performance training\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmploys critical thinking influenced by phenomenological and semiotic analyses of performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book highlights that masquerade can be regarded as a distinct genre of performance activity that employs elements of the \u003ci\u003ecarnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e, circus, dance, gestural theatre and theatre of objects. Popenhagen traces artistic disguising from \u003ci\u003efin de si鐵le\u003c\/i\u003e Pierrots in Paris, Marseille and Vienna to early twentieth-\u003csup\u003e-\u003c\/sup\u003ecentury masquerading in Moscow and Z?ich. He explores identity play and display through the complementary lenses of image studies, cultural history and performance theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron J. Popenhagen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474470068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474470063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Ron J. Popenhagen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075710677247,"sku":"9781474470063","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_432160dc-dc16-414c-86f8-4c3a708afa1b.jpg?v=1685460985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modernist-disguise-ron-j-popenhagen-9781474470063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}