Performing dark arts : a cultural history of conjuring /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mangan, Michael, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, USA : Intellect, ©2007.
Colección:Theatre and consciousness.
Temas:
Magic tricks > History.
Magic tricks > Psychological aspects.
Performance art > Psychological aspects.
Prestidigitation > Histoire.
Prestidigitation > Aspect psychologique.
GAMES > Reference.
GAMES > Travel Games.
Magic tricks
Magic tricks > Psychological aspects
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface & acknowledgements; Introduction; Binaries: early attitudes to conjuring; â#x80;#x98;The evil Spirit has a hand in the Tricks of these Jugglersâ#x80;#x99;: conjuring and Christian orthodoxy; â#x80;#x98;Fire and faggot to burn the witchâ#x80;#x99;? Conjuring between belief and unbelief in early modern England; On the margins: criminals and fraudsters; On the boundaries of the human; Acting and not-acting: Robert-Houdin; Before your very eyes: life, death and liveness; Narrative ambiguity and contested meanings: interpreting Harry Houdini; Mediums and the media.
  • Magic, media and postmodernismEndnotes; Bibliography; Back Cover.

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