03320nam 2200745Ia 450 991045818410332120200520144314.01-281-36320-097866113632080-230-60561-310.1057/9780230605619(CKB)1000000000400509(EBL)361626(OCoLC)314798851(SSID)ssj0000236144(PQKBManifestationID)11205596(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236144(PQKBWorkID)10165312(PQKB)10066753(SSID)ssj0001660518(PQKBManifestationID)16438585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660518(PQKBWorkID)14988822(PQKB)10361122(DE-He213)978-0-230-60561-9(MiAaPQ)EBC361626(Au-PeEL)EBL361626(CaPaEBR)ebr10194121(CaONFJC)MIL136320(EXLCZ)99100000000040050920070620d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRepresentation and identity from Versailles to the present[electronic resource] the performing subject /Alan Sikes1st ed. 2007.Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan20071 online resource (227 p.)Palgrave studies in theatre and performance historyDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53782-9 1-4039-7784-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Credits; Acknowledgments; 1 The Performing Subject: Identity and Representation in the Modern and the Postmodern Eras; 2 Dancing with the Sun King: The Performance of Privilege in the Reign of Louis XIV; 3 "Snip Snip Here, Snip Snip There, and a Couple of Tra-La-La's": The Rise and Fall of the Castrato Singer; 4 Liberty, Equality, Festivity: Citizen Action and the Libratory Legacy of the French Revolution; 5 Smoke and Mirrors: The Hysterical Woman from Zola to Freud6 Communism: Coming to a Screen Near You! Benjamin, Adorno, and the Politics of MediatizationConclusion: Queer Horizons-Postmodern Performativity and Political Action; Notes; IndexSikes traces the shifting role of performance in the fashioning of subjectivity from the Modern to the Postmodern eras. The book joins history and historiography and is grounded in a body of research about varied performance subjects from court dance, ballet, opera, festivals, celebrations, propaganda films, Hollywood movies to reality TV.Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.Performing artsHistoryPerforming artsPhilosophyTheaterHistoryElectronic books.Performing artsHistory.Performing artsPhilosophy.TheaterHistory.792.09Sikes Alan922470MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458184103321Representation and identity from Versailles to the present2070047UNINA