LEADER 03320nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910458184103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36320-0 010 $a9786611363208 010 $a0-230-60561-3 024 7 $a10.1057/9780230605619 035 $a(CKB)1000000000400509 035 $a(EBL)361626 035 $a(OCoLC)314798851 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000236144 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205596 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000236144 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10165312 035 $a(PQKB)10066753 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001660518 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16438585 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001660518 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14988822 035 $a(PQKB)10361122 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-230-60561-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361626 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361626 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10194121 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136320 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000400509 100 $a20070620d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRepresentation and identity from Versailles to the present$b[electronic resource] $ethe performing subject /$fAlan Sikes 205 $a1st ed. 2007. 210 $aBasingstoke $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 1 $aPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-53782-9 311 $a1-4039-7784-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Freud 327 $a6 Communism: Coming to a Screen Near You! Benjamin, Adorno, and the Politics of MediatizationConclusion: Queer Horizons-Postmodern Performativity and Political Action; Notes; Index 330 $aSikes traces the shifting role of performance in the fashioning of subjectivity from the Modern to the Postmodern eras. The book joins history and historiography and is grounded in a body of research about varied performance subjects from court dance, ballet, opera, festivals, celebrations, propaganda films, Hollywood movies to reality TV. 410 0$aPalgrave studies in theatre and performance history. 606 $aPerforming arts$xHistory 606 $aPerforming arts$xPhilosophy 606 $aTheater$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPerforming arts$xHistory. 615 0$aPerforming arts$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 676 $a792.09 700 $aSikes$b Alan$0922470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458184103321 996 $aRepresentation and identity from Versailles to the present$92070047 997 $aUNINA