In this Book
- Politics, performance and popular culture: Theatre and society in nineteenth-century Britain
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
Working with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political, this book brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Contributors
- pp. x-xii
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xiv
- 6 Women’s suffrage and theatricality
- pp. 111-128
- II Politics in performance
- pp. 129-130
- 7 English pantomime and the Irish Question
- pp. 131-151
- 9 Drury Lane imperialism
- pp. 174-194
- III The performance of politics
- pp. 195-198
- 11 Sir Robert Peel as actor-dramatist
- pp. 216-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9781784997151
Related ISBN(s)
9780719091698
MARC Record
OCLC
980848990
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-07
Language
English
Open Access
No
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