Performing Public History - Case Studies in Historical Storytelling

Performing Public History explores history-telling as a performance across a wide range of media including theatre and film, historical reenactments and living history performances, operas, and video games.

List of contents

1. History, Public History, Performance 2. The Truth About Archives 3. Performing the Real 4. Feeling the Past 5. Authentic Performances 6. "The Cat Ate My Bannock" and Other Stories Epilogue: Performing Public History Appendix: Classroom Activities

About the author

David Dean is Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at Carleton University, Canada. He has published widely in the field of public history, including A Companion to Public History (2018). He is the co-editor of International Public History, the journal of the International Federation for Public History.

Summary

Performing Public History explores history-telling as a performance across a wide range of media including theatre and film, historical reenactments and living history performances, operas, and video games.

Product details

• Authors: David Dean
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2025
• EAN: 9780367775360
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77536-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Global Perspectives on Public History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, General & world history, Theatre Studies, Historiography, General and world history, History of the Americas, Performance Art