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Politics, Performance and Popular Culture

Theatre and Society in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Series: Studies in Popular Culture
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Politics, Performance and Popular Culture explores the intertwined relationship between political ideologies, theatrical performances, and cultural movements throughout history. The book examines how political contexts influence artistic expression and how performance, in turn, can impact public perceptions and social change. It delves into various historical periods, highlighting the power of performance as a vehicle for political commentary and cultural transformation.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the intersection of politics and entertainment, exploring how cultural events and performances have influenced political landscapes throughout history. This volume offers a compelling analysis of how popular culture reflects and shapes political ideologies and social change, capturing the vibrant interplay between public performance and governance.

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Working with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political, this book brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base.

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This collection brings together studies of popular performance and politics across the nineteenth century, offering a fresh perspective from an archivally grounded research base.

It works with the concept that politics is performative and performance is political. The book is organised into three parts in dialogue regarding specific approaches to popular performance and politics.

Part I offers a series of conceptual studies using popular culture as an analytical category for social and political history.

Part II explores the ways that performance represents and constructs contemporary ideologies of race, nation and empire.

Part III investigates the performance techniques of specific politicians including Robert Peel, Keir Hardie and Henry Hyndman, and analyses the performative elements of collective movements.

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Politics, Performance and Popular Culture is lauded as a significant interdisciplinary contribution, bringing together the fields of theatre studies and social history. Reviewers praise it for its innovative exploration of the relationship between theatre and politics, highlighting its potential impact beyond Victorian Studies. The book is recognised for advancing the understanding of how performance shapes and is shaped by political contexts.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526167231

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 February 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Illustration: Illustrations, black & white

Contributors:

  • Edited by Peter Yeandle
  • Edited by Katherine Newey
  • Edited by Jeffrey Richards

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 304

Collections

Arts & Culture European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Series: Studies in Popular Culture

About the Author

Peter Yeandle is Lecturer in History at Loughborough University

Katherine Newey is Professor of Theatre History at the University of Exeter

Jeffrey Richards is Emeritus Professor of Cultural History at the University of Lancaster

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