American puppetry : collections, history, and performance / edited by Phyllis T. Dircks ; foreword by Steve Abrams.
| Other author | Dircks, Phyllis T. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2004. |
| Description | vii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A snapshot of puppeteers of the United States and Canada / Vincent Anthony -- A short view of American puppetry / Lowell Swortzell -- Puppetry and related materials in the Harvard theatre collection / Fredric Woodbridge Wilson -- Asian puppets at the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History / Roy W. Hamilton -- The Center for Puppetry Arts Museum collection / Nancy Lohman Staub -- The Bread & Puppet Theater Company collection / Elka Schumann -- Puppets and "the iconography of drama": the Brander Matthews collection at Columbia University / John Bell -- The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry collection / Phyllis T. Dircks -- Paul McPharlin and puppetry at the Detroit Institute of Arts / John Bell -- The Bil Baird World of Puppets at the Charles H. MacNider Museum / Richard Leet -- The puppet collection of the American Museum of Natural History / Kathy Foley and Ann Wright-Parsons -- The Burr Tillstrom collection and archives at the Chicago Historical Society / Bernard F. Reilly -- The Marionette Theatre of Peter Arnott at Harvard University / Annette Fern -- The Lou Harrison collection: music and puppetry East to West / Kathy Foley -- The Dwiggins Marionettes at the Boston Public Library / Roberta Zonghi -- The puppet collection of the National Museum of American History / Ellen Roney Hughes and Dwight Blocker Bowers -- "Bringing together man and nature": the theater of Julie Taymor / Alan Woods -- Exhibitions and collections of the Jim Henson Company / Leslee Asch -- Howdy Doody in the courtroom: a puppet custody case / Phyllis T. Dircks -- The fundamentals of marionette care / Mina Gregory, Maureen Russell, and Cara Varnell -- Puppetry in cyberspace: developing virtual performance spaces / Mary Flanagan. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-309) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004009586 |
| ISBN | 0786418966 (softcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PN1978.U6 A68 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |