Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

Performing Magic on the Western Stage: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present

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Jan 8, 2009 · English · Hardcover (253 pages)
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Book Details

Format Hardcover
Pages 253
Language English
Published Jan 8, 2009
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10 0230607888
ISBN-13 9780230607880

Description

Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.

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Religion & Spirituality Business & Economics Fantasy Art & Photography
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