Circus, Science and Technology Dramatising Innovation /
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| Summary: | XX, 189 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color. text |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43298-0 |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Chapter 1: Circus Matters: Engineering, Imagineering and Popular Stages of Technology: Introduction; Anna-Sophie Jürgens
- 2. Chapter 2: Engineers of Curiosity: the Barnum Era; Jane Goodall
- 3. Chapter 3: Unreal Limbs: Erin Ball and The Extended Body in Contemporary Circus; Katie Lavers and Jon Burtt, with Erin Ball
- 4. Chapter 4: Circus as Laboratory: Imagineering Legitimacy; Mark St Leon
- 5. Chapter 5: Circus and Electricity: Staging Connexions between Science and Popular Entertainments; Gillian Arrighi
- 6. Chapter 6: Technologies of Risk, Fear and Fun: Human and Nonhuman Circus Performance; Peta Tait
- 7. Chapter 7: The Circus and the Magic Lantern: A Portfolio of Hand-Painted Mechanical Magic Lantern Slides; Martyn Jolly and Elisa deCourcy
- 8. Chapter 8: The Circus and Technologies of Animation; Ruth Richards
- 9. Chapter 9: Engineering Circus Enchantment: Automagic Technology and Electrifying Performances in Fiction; Anna-SophieJürgens and Robert C. Williamson.