Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Essays on the Material World in Performance

By: John Bell

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Hardcover | 1 August 2008 | Edition Number 1

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In American Puppet Modernism, Bell reveals how understanding puppetry is integral to understanding the nature of the material world in performance and in turn argues that the material world in performance is integral as a means of communication. Insightfully describing and analyzing different types of object performance from the 1860s to 2007, Bell uses the common focus on material objects in performance to link the worlds of traditional puppetry, mechanized image performance, indigenous rituals, avant-garde theater, political street performance, advertising, Kustom Kulture, art cars, and film and television. American Puppet Modernism shows how modern American culture has developed and revealed itself in the performance of objects and offers a groundbreaking contribution to the history of puppet, mask, and object performance.

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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

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Credits	p. xi
Playing with Stuff: The Material World in Performance	p. 1
The Sioux War Panorama and American Mythic History	p. 17
Shalako Puppets and Nineteenth-Century Ritual	p. 31
The Little Theatre Movement and the Birth of the American Puppeteer: Midwest Puppet Modernism	p. 49
New York Puppet Modernism: Remo Bufano and Jane Heap	p. 71
Puppets and Propaganda: 1930s Parades in New York City	p. 97
American Puppet Modernism in the 1930s: Gertrude Stein's Identity	p. 123
From Sorcery to Science: Remo Bufano and World's Fair Puppet Theatre	p. 137
Performing Objects, Special Effects, and Mass Media	p. 147
Automobile Performance and Kustom Kulture	p. 167
Beyond the Cold War: Bread and Puppet Theater at the End of the Century	p. 189
Old and New Materials: Wood, Paper, Metal, Plastic, Bone	p. 219
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 255
Publications	p. 267
Index	p. 269
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