Researching popular entertainment / edited by Kim Baston and Jason Price.
| Other author | Baston, Kim. |
| Other author | Price, Jason (Lecturer in contemporary theatre and performance) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2025. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies |
| Contents | I. Archives -- Alternative archives in popular entertainment research: The Chinese exclusion act case files / Maria DeSimone -- Like finding a needle in a haystack: Child actors and the archive / Gillian Arrighi -- Don Juan in Montreal: Investigating music in eighteenth century pantomime / Kim Baston -- Carry on curating: Comedy at the V&A / Simon Sladen -- II. Text -- In search of lost performances: The challenges of reconstructing a nineteenth-century Karagöz play / Nazli M. Ümit -- Postcards and popular entertainment studies: Resources and methods / Penny Farfan -- Seductive texts: The uses of art as historical evidence / Jason Price -- Reading meaning in a contested landscape: The challenges of investigating Australian bushranger re-enactments / Janys Hayes -- III. Bodies -- Seeking the ghost Clari: Creative practice and virtual reality as a method for the revival of nineteenth-century performances in colonial Australia / Jane Woollard -- Finding Likay through practice: A research-practitioner's reflection on specialising in the Thai popular form / Sukanya Sompiboon -- Pierrots on the Prom: re-enactment, revival and in-heritage transfer in seaside performance / Tony Lidington -- Funny then and now?: Reenacting World War II soldier sketch comedy / Tara Demmy -- Placing yourself in performance research: A phenomenological approach to investigating stand-up comedy / Yingnan Chu -- Lip-synching for (some) Life: Researching queer/camp bodies through practice-based methods / Simon Dodi. |
| Abstract | "Researching Popular Entertainment is an essential volume for scholars delving into the vibrant yet complex world of popular entertainment. Written by a global network of experts, this book addresses the unique challenges researchers face in this field. The often-dismissed status of popular entertainment, coupled with its reliance on physicality and improvisation over scripted performances, has meant archival and textual sources tend to be more limited than in related theatre and performance disciplines. This scarcity requires historians to find alternative pathways through the available materials to recuperate seemingly insignificant figures and performance forms from our cultural past. The book provides a candid look into the research processes of its authors, highlighting some of the approaches they have adopted to overcome these challenges. It emphasizes that reading performance as entertainment is a deliberate methodological choice. Regardless of whether a work is deemed high or low art, legitimate or illegitimate, understanding how it captivates its audience is central to the study of entertainment. Readers will benefit from its in-depth analysis and practical guidance, making it an indispensable resource for anyone studying popular entertainment"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024041769 |
| ISBN | 9781032547534 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9781032566436 (pbk) |
| ISBN | (ebk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |