Scenes From Bourgeois Life

Proposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility. This engagingly written treatise on history, class, and spectatorship offers compelling proof of "why theater matters", and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically.

Summary

Reveals theatre’s central role in the formation of bourgeois subjectivity

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Ridout
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780472132003
• ISBN: 978-0-472-13200-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet