Trade of the Tricks : Inside the Magician's Craft

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From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Graham M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Recreation & Sports.
Social Sciences.
Magic tricks.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
GAMES > Magic.
Prestidigitation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: men of a thousand hands
  • An apprenticeship in Cunning
  • The social life of secret knowledge
  • Potency and performance
  • Business as un-usual
  • Conjuring culture.

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