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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451210303321

Autore

Goodall Jane <1934-, >

Titolo

Performance and evolution in the age of Darwin : out of the natural order / / Jane R. Goodall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-585-45622-4

0-203-47149-0

1-280-40438-8

1-134-54387-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

599.938

792.01

792.09034

792.7

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Human evolution

Natural selection

Science and the arts

Theater and society

Science

Fine Arts

Natural history

Science and the arts - History - 19th century

Theater and society - History - 19th century

Fine Arts - General

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Out of natural history; Missing Links and Lilliputians; Performing ethnology; Varieties; Lowly origins; Natural



vigour; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Goodall reveals the ways in which the major themes of evolution were taken up in the performing arts during Darwin's adult lifetime and in the generation after his death.