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Trade of the Tricks : Inside the Magician's Craft / / Graham Jones



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Autore: Jones Graham Visualizza persona
Titolo: Trade of the Tricks : Inside the Magician's Craft / / Graham Jones Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
Disciplina: 793.8
Soggetto topico: Magic tricks
Magic
Magician
Social Sciences
Recreation & Sports
Soggetto non controllato: anthropology of magic
art of magic
aspiring magicians
books for magicians
cabaret performances
card tricks
close up magic
cultural anthropology
culture of magic
david blaine
david copperfield
famous magicians
french anthropology
french magic
french magicians
harry houdini
history of magic
magic and allusion
magic and illusion
magic entertainment
magic performance
magic shows
magic tricks
magic
magician tricks
modern magicians
paris magic scene
paris magicians
performers
sociology of magic
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Men of a Thousand Hands -- ONE. An Apprenticeship in Cunning -- TWO. The Social Life of Secret Knowledge -- THREE. Potency and Performance -- FOUR. Business as Un-Usual -- FIVE. Conjuring Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today's magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book's lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre.
Titolo autorizzato: Trade of the Tricks  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27858-8
9786613278586
0-520-95052-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910819327303321
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