Researching Popular Entertainment

Author:   Kim Baston ,  Jason Price
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781032547534


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   27 December 2024
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Our Price $284.00 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Researching Popular Entertainment


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Kim Baston ,  Jason Price
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781032547534


ISBN 10:   1032547537
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   27 December 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Entertainment as method Kim Baston and Jason Price I. ARCHIVES 2. Alternative Archives in Popular Entertainment Research: The Chinese Exclusion Act case files Maria DeSimone 3. Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack: Child actors and the archive Gillian Arrighi 4. Don Juan in Montreal: Investigating music in eighteenth century pantomime Kim Baston 5. Carry on Curating: Comedy at the V&A Simon Sladen II. TEXT 6. In Search of Lost Performances: The challenges of reconstructing a nineteenth-century Karagöz play Nazli M. Ümit 7. Postcards and Popular Entertainment Studies: Resources and methods Penny Farfan 8. Seductive Texts: The uses of art as historical evidence Jason Price 9. Reading Meaning in a Contested Landscape: The challenges of investigating Australian bushranger re-enactments Janys Hayes III. BODIES 10. Seeking the Ghost Clari: Creative practice and virtual reality as a method for the revival of nineteenth-century performances in colonial Australia Jane Woollard 11. Finding Likay through Practice: A research-practitioner’s reflection on specialising in the Thai popular form Sukanya Sompiboon 12. Pierrots on the Prom: re-enactment, revival and in-heritage transfer in seaside performance Tony Lidington 13. Funny Then and Now?: Reenacting World War II soldier sketch comedy Tara Demmy 14. Placing Yourself in Performance Research: A phenomenological approach to investigating stand-up comedy Yingnan Chu 15. Lip-synching for (some) Life: Researching queer/camp bodies through practice-based methods Simon Dodi Index

Reviews

Author Information

Kim Baston is Adjunct Senior Lecturer at LaTrobe University, Australia. She spent many years working as an actor, director, animateur, and composer in theatre and film, in the UK and in Australia. Her research interests include the use of music in theatre, applied theatre, circus history and culture, and popular entertainments. Jason Price is a Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies at the School of Media, Arts and Humanities in the University of Sussex, UK. He served as co-convenor of the Popular Entertainments Working Group with the International Federation for Theatre Research from 2018 to 2024.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

RGJUNE2025

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List