Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism

Zusatztext comprehensive history ... peppered with shrewd observations. Informationen zum Autor Steven Connor was educated at Christ's Hospital, Horsham and Wadham College, Oxford, and has taught at Birkbeck College, University of London since 1979, where he is currently Professor of Modern Literature and Theory. Klappentext In this study of ventriloquism, Connor follows his subject from its early beginnings in ancient Israel and Greece, its role in mysticism and witchcraft, through to modern entertainment. Zusammenfassung A history of ventriloquism and the disembodied voice. The author tracks his subject from its beginnings in ancient Israel and Greece, through early Christian writers against practices of pagan divination, the voice in mysticism, and witchcraft and the figure of the ventriloquist.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Connor
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2002
• EAN: 9780198184331
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818433-1
• No. of pages: 458
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 250 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, History: specific events and topics, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Magic, Conjuring & Magic, Conjuring and magic, History of Performing Arts, Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre, PERFORMING ARTS / Puppets & Puppetry, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre