{"product_id":"women-and-puppetry-critical-and-historical-investigations-paperback","title":"Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlissa Mello\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClaudia Orenstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCariad Astles\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWomen and Puppetry\u003c\/em\u003e is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts. It includes critical articles and personal accounts that interrogate specific historical moments, cultural contexts, and notions of \"woman\" on and off stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I, \"Critical Perspective,\" includes historical and contemporary analyses of women's roles in society, gender anxiety revealed through the unmarked puppet body, and sexual expression within oppressive social contexts. Part II, \"Local Contexts: Challenges and Transformations,\" investigates work of female practitioners within specific cultural contexts to illuminate how women are intervening in traditionally male spaces. Each chapter in Part II offers brief accounts of specific social histories, barriers, and gender biases that women have faced, and the opportunities afforded female creative leaders to appropriate, revive, and transform performance traditions. And in Part III, \"Women Practitioners Speak,\" contemporary artists reflect on their experiences as female practitioners within the art of puppet theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRepresenting female writers and practitioners from across the globe, \u003ci\u003eWomen and Puppetry\u003c\/i\u003e offers students and scholars a comprehensive interrogation of the challenges and opportunities that women face in this unique art form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlissa Mello\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent theatre artist and scholar, whose research interests include women and performance, as well as practice and social justice. Her publications include a chapter in \u003ci\u003eUndisciplining Dance in 9 Movements and 8 Stumbles \u003c\/i\u003e(2018), and articles in \u003ci\u003ePerformance Research\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePuppetry International\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaudia Orenstein \u003c\/strong\u003eis professor of theatre at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She has spent over a decade writing on puppetry, and her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance \u003c\/i\u003e(co-editor) and \u003ci\u003eFestive Revolutions: The Politics of Popular Theatre and the San Francisco Mime Troupe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCariad Astles is course leader for the BA in puppetry at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, and lecturer in Drama at Exeter University, UK. She specialises in training and directing for puppetry performance and in the use of puppets within healthcare. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eInternational Puppetry Research: Tracing Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003ePuppetry and dictatorship\" in \u003ci\u003ePerforming (for) Survival: Theatre, Crisis and Extremity, \u003c\/i\u003e and \"Puppetry Training in Contemporary Live Theatre\" in \u003ci\u003eTheatre, Dance and Performance Training\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42191257862224,"sku":"9780415787390","price":97.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/ckliVE5pVWF5RVFEZXhUQ1ZvTHk1dz09.webp?v=1774903850","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/women-and-puppetry-critical-and-historical-investigations-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}