Representation and Identity from Versailles to the Present: The Performing Subject - Paperback

by A. Sikes (Author)

Sikes traces the shifting role of performance in the fashioning of subjectivity from the Modern to the Postmodern eras. The book joins history and historiography and is grounded in a body of research about varied performance subjects from court dance, ballet, opera, festivals, celebrations, propaganda films, Hollywood movies to reality TV.

Author Biography

ALAN SIKES is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Hunter College at the City University of New York, USA.