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Titel: | | Person/en: | | Sprache/n: | Englisch | Veröffentlichungsangabe: | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] | Umfang: | vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm | Art des Inhalts: | | Werktitel: | | Anmerkung: | Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--City University of New York , 2014, titled: Ridiculous geographies : mapping the Theatre of the Ridiculous as radical aesthetic Includes bibliographical references and index | Hochschulschrift: | Dissertation, University of New York, 2014 | ISBN: | 978-1-4766-7403-2 : paperback 1-4766-7403-5 : paperback | Schlagwörter: | | Sachgebiete: | | Mehr zum Thema: | Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PS352 | Inhalt: | "Theatre of the Ridiculous is a significant movement that highlighted the radical possibilities inherent in camp. Much of contemporary theater owes this form a great debt but little has been written about its history or aesthetic markers. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the important practitioners, along with critical commentary of their work"-- Preface. "Ridiculous ghosts": uncovering a ridiculous past -- "A ridiculous triple threat": Charles Ludlam and the making of a ridiculous aesthetic -- The "godmother" of the ridiculous: Maria Montez and the ghosting of ridiculous theatre -- The "daddy" of the ridiculous: Jack Smith, pop art and proto-ridiculous performance -- "Ridiculous remix": playing at power at the play-house of the ridiculous -- "Ridiculous mashup": Ethyl Eichelberger and the performance of gender -- The ridiculous aesthetic across generations: the descendants of the ridiculous -- The ridiculous aesthetic across generations: the inheritors of the ridiculous -- Conclusion. Radical ridiculous theatre? | | | Signatur: | 10 A 64550 | Standort: | Potsdamer Straße | | | | | |
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