World of popular entertainments : an edited volume of critical essays / edited by Gillian Arrighi and Victor Emeljanow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arrighi, Gillian.

Emeljanow, Victor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entertainment events--History and criticism.

Entertainment events.

Amusements--History and criticism.

Amusements.

Popular culture--History and criticism.

Popular culture.

Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--History and criticism.

Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).

Theater--History.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Despite the vibrant, complex, and ubiquitous nature of popular entertainments, the field has suffered from a lack of sustained academic attention. Nevertheless, popular entertainments have a global reach and a transnational significance at odds with the fact that the meaning and definition of both 'popular' and 'entertainment' remain widely contested. Since the late-nineteenth century, class-based prejudices in Western culture have championed the superiority of art and literature over the dubious and fleeting pleasures of 'entertainment.' Similarly, the term 'popular' has carried pejorative connotations, indicating something common and outside the conventional and highbrow productions of the purpose-built theatre house or concert hall"--Publisher.

Contents:

pt. 1. Marvels and wonders

pt. 2. Adaptation and preservation

pt. 3. Leisure and tourism

pt. 4. Sites of the popular

pt. 5. The highbrow debate.

Notes:

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

"This volume is the direct result of a conference which was hosted by the School of Drama, Fine Art and Music at the University of Newcastle, Australia, in June 2009"-- p. [ix].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-48638-4

9786613581365

1-4438-3804-7

OCLC:

820123370