{"product_id":"modernist-disguise-masquerade-in-modern-performance-and-visual-culture-paperback","title":"Modernist Disguise: Masquerade in Modern Performance and Visual Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon J. Popenhagen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnalyses the expansion of head and body masking from nineteenth-century Paris to its international maturity in contemporary culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at the presence and development of masquerade in the modernist era - via performance history - with parallel references to theatricality and performativity in visual arts and visual culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComments upon masquerade's foundation in popular performance throughout the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e centuries, frequently alluding to significant images from the history of photography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheorises masquerade within the context of European theatre and drama scholarship, as well as British and European conservatory arts and performance training\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmploys critical thinking influenced by phenomenological and semiotic analyses of performance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book highlights that masquerade can be regarded as a distinct genre of performance activity that employs elements of the \u003ci\u003ecarnivalesque\u003c\/i\u003e, circus, dance, gestural theatre and theatre of objects. Popenhagen traces artistic disguising from \u003ci\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/i\u003e Pierrots in Paris, Marseille and Vienna to early twentieth-\u003csup\u003e-\u003c\/sup\u003ecentury masquerading in Moscow and Zürich. He explores identity play and display through the complementary lenses of image studies, cultural history and performance theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnalyses the expansion of head and body masking from nineteenth-century Paris to its international maturity in contemporary culture This book highlights that masquerade can be regarded as a distinct genre of performance activity that employs elements of the carnivalesque, circus, dance, gestural theatre and theatre of objects. Popenhagen traces artistic disguising from fin de siècle Pierrots in Paris, Marseille and Vienna to early twentieth-century masquerading in Moscow and Zürich. He explores identity play and display through the complementary lenses of image studies, cultural history and performance theory. Ron J. Popenhagen is Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Humanities and Performance at California State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon J. Popenhagen is Professor of Visual Culture and Performance at California State University. He formerly lectured in Theatre at the University of Southern California and the Sydney University Conservatorium of Music. Dr Popenhagen is a specialist in Actor-Training, Mise en scène, Masks and Masquerade. He has published on French and Swiss actors, choreographers, directors, playwrights and scenographers, and also on Irish literature. Popenhagen has staged opera and theatre productions of Cocteau, Ionesco, Molière, Shakespeare and Wilde in Australia and the States. He has toured devised theatre projects to festivals in Adelaide, Ankara, Edinburgh, Houston, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Vilnius. Ron has written, devised and directed theatre projects for the Australian Theatre for Young People and toured 'Informances' for Young Audiences, Inc. to American cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718373085247,"sku":"9781474470063","price":75.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b382ebac803198c6270b826bece5b15a.webp?v=1765081696","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/modernist-disguise-masquerade-in-modern-performance-and-visual-culture-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}