{"product_id":"the-spectator-and-the-spectacle-audiences-in-modernity-and-postmodernity-hardback-9780521899765","title":"The Spectator and the Spectacle; Audiences in Modernity and Postmodernity (Hardback) 9780521899765","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Spectator and the Spectacle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAudiences in Modernity and Postmodernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book investigates the role and impact of the spectator, covering many different performance types including theatre, sport, television, gambling and ritual.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDennis Kennedy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521899765, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e260 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'It is a very refreshing way of putting theoretical \"big talk\" into concrete perspective … contain[s] some excellent studies on the corporeality and phenomenology of visuality … The idea of various \"modes of spectating\" promises an intriguing concept …' Theatre Research International\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSpectators and audiences are everywhere in contemporary culture. However, even in conventional performance, whether in the theatre, in film or television, or at a sporting event, it is difficult to discuss spectators with any authority, since each of us experiences and understands the display in different ways and all methods of analyzing spectators are flawed or unreliable. This book provides instead a series of investigations into specific types of performance activity, and how they relate to their audiences. Specific topics discussed include the relationship of audiences to the rise of the director, the avant-garde, tourism, gambling, the effect of cinema on live performance and sport, including crowd violence. Spectatorship is an area of increasing importance in the field of theatre and performance studies, and this engaging study is a valuable contribution to the development of thinking about audiences and spectators.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Problem of the Spectator: 1. Introduction: assisting at the spectacle\u003cbr\u003e 2. The director, the spectator and the Eiffel Tower\u003cbr\u003e 3. The avant-garde and the audience\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Shakespeare and the Politics of Spectation: 4. Shakespeare and the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e 5. The spectator as tourist\u003cbr\u003e 6. Interculturalism and the global spectator\u003cbr\u003e 7. The body of the spectator\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Subjectivity and the Spectator: 8. Society, spectacle and sport\u003cbr\u003e 9. The aroused spectator\u003cbr\u003e 10. Memory, performance and the idea of the museum\u003cbr\u003e 11. Assisting belief: ritual and the spectator.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e], Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265377128728,"sku":"9780521899765","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521899765i.jpg?v=1692022273","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-spectator-and-the-spectacle-audiences-in-modernity-and-postmodernity-hardback-9780521899765","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}