{"product_id":"the-routledge-companion-to-puppetry-dassia-n-posner-9780415705400","title":"The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-ranging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes a collaborative, responsive model for broader artistic engagement in and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the material world. Its 28 chapters aim to advance the study of the puppet not only as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheatrical object but also as a vibrant artistic and scholarly discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion \u003c\/i\u003elooks at puppetry and material performance from six perspectives: theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eapproaches to the puppet, perspectives from practitioners, revisiting history, negotiating tradition, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ematerial performances in contemporary theatre, and hybrid forms. Its wide range of topics, which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espan 15 countries over five continents, encompasses: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- visual dramaturgy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- theatrical juxtapositions of robots and humans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- contemporary transformations of Indonesian \u003ci\u003ewayang kulit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Japanese ritual body substitutes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- recent European productions featuring toys, clay, and food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars such as Matthew Isaac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCohen, Kathy Foley, Jane Marie Law, Eleanor Margolies, Cody Poulton, and Jane Taylor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also celebrates the vital link between puppetry as a discipline and as a creative practice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith chapters by active practitioners, including Handspring Puppet Company's Basil Jones, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRedmoon's Jim Lasko, and Bread and Puppet's Peter Schumann. Fully illustrated with more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan 60 images, this volume comprises the most expansive English-language collection of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternational puppetry scholarship to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dassia N. Posner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415705401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415705400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 984","brand":"Dassia N. Posner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064947585279,"sku":"9780415705400","price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dbfdb82-5643-477c-a26f-08709d1de3e7.jpg?v=1768672112","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-routledge-companion-to-puppetry-dassia-n-posner-9780415705400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}