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American Puppet Modernism

Essays on the Material World in Performance

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  • © 2008

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Authors:
  1. John Bell
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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Playing with Stuff: The Material World in Performance

    • John Bell
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Sioux War Panorama and American Mythic History

    • John Bell
    Pages 17-30

  4. Shalako Puppets and Nineteenth-Century Ritual

    • John Bell
    Pages 31-48

  5. The Little Theatre Movement and the Birth of the American Puppeteer: Midwest Puppet Modernism

    • John Bell
    Pages 49-70

  6. New York Puppet Modernism: Remo Bufano and Jane Heap

    • John Bell
    Pages 71-96

  7. Puppets and Propaganda: 1930s Parades in New York City

    • John Bell
    Pages 97-122

  8. American Puppet Modernism in the 1930s: Gertrude Stein’s Identity

    • John Bell
    Pages 123-135

  9. From Sorcery to Science: Remo Bufano and World’s Fair Puppet Theatre

    • John Bell
    Pages 137-146

  10. Performing Objects, Special Effects, and Mass Media

    • John Bell
    Pages 147-166

  11. Automobile Performance and Kustom Kulture

    • John Bell
    Pages 167-188

  12. Beyond the Cold War: Bread and Puppet Theater at the End of the Century

    • John Bell
    Pages 189-218

  13. Old and New Materials: Wood, Paper, Metal, Plastic, Bone

    • John Bell
    Pages 219-230

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 231-280
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About this book

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This study analyses the history of puppet, mask, and performing object theatre in the United States over the past 150 years to understand how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theatre, modern-art idealism, and mechanical innovation reinvented the ancient art of puppetry.

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'In American Puppet Modernism, Bell presents a wide-ranging history of puppets and performing objects within a US socio-political context, contributing new insight into, and detailed analysis of, their roles in US society and theatre history. He simultaneously investigates and re-thinks the role of material objects on stage and in popular culture.' - Alissa Mello, Platform

About the author

John Bell is the Director of the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut, USA.

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