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Staging ageing : theatre, performance and the narrative of decline /
"How can plays and performances, past and present, inform our understanding of aging? Drawing primarily on the Western dramatic canon, on contemporary British theater, on popular culture, and on paratheatrical practices, this book investigates theatrical engagement with aging from the Greek cho...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, England ; Chicago, Illinois :
Intellect,
2013.
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| Colección: | Theatre and consciousness.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Mind, Body and Ageing in Drama, Theatre and Performance
- Part I: Frames and Contexts
- Chapter 1: On Gerontology
- Chapter 2: On Age, Stage and Consciousness
- Part II: Tragedy and Comedy
- Chapter 3: On Liminality and Late Style: Oedipus at Colonus
- Chapter 4: On Negative Stereotypes in Classical and Medieval Drama
- Chapter 5: On Sex and the Senex: English Restoration Comedy
- Chapter 6: On Dirty Old Men and Trickster Figures
- Part III: Memories
- Chapter 7: On Memory and Its ModesChapter 8: On Reminiscence, Interaction and Intervention
- Part IV: The Value(s) of Old Age
- Chapter 9: On Longevity
- Chapter 10: On Institutions
- Chapter 11: On Song and Dance
- Epilogue: The Amazing One-Hundred-and-Sixty-One-Year-Old Woman
- References
- Index
- Back Cover