Researching Popular Entertainment is an essential volume for scholars delving into the vibrant yet complex world of popular entertainment.
Written by a global network of experts, this book addresses the unique challenges researchers face in this field. The often-dismissed status of popular entertainment, coupled with its reliance on physicality and improvisation over scripted performances, has meant archival and textual sources tend to be more limited than in related theatre and performance disciplines. This scarcity requires historians to find alternative pathways through the available materials to recuperate seemingly insignificant figures and performance forms from our cultural past. This book provides a candid look into the research processes of its authors, highlighting some of the approaches they have adopted to overcome these challenges. It emphasises that reading performance as entertainment is a deliberate methodological choice. Regardless of whether a work is deemed high or low art, legitimate or illegitimate, understanding how it captivates its audience is central to the study of entertainment.
Readers will benefit from its in-depth analysis and practical guidance, making it an indispensable resource for anyone studying popular entertainment.
| ISBN: | 9781032566436 |
| Publication date: | 27th December 2024 |
| Author: | Kim Baston, Jason Price |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 280 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies |
| Genres: |
Research methods: general Theatre studies |
Researching Popular Entertainment is an essential volume for scholars delving into the vibrant yet complex world of popular entertainment.
Written by a global network of experts, this book addresses the unique challenges researchers face in this field. The often-dismissed status of popular entertainment, coupled with its reliance on physicality and improvisation over scripted performances, has meant archival and textual sources tend to be more limited than in related theatre and performance disciplines. This scarcity requires historians to find alternative pathways through the available materials to recuperate seemingly insignificant figures and performance forms from our cultural past. This book provides a candid look into the research processes of its authors, highlighting some of the approaches they have adopted to overcome these challenges. It emphasises that reading performance as entertainment is a deliberate methodological choice. Regardless of whether a work is deemed high or low art, legitimate or illegitimate, understanding how it captivates its audience is central to the study of entertainment.
Readers will benefit from its in-depth analysis and practical guidance, making it an indispensable resource for anyone studying popular entertainment.
Researching Popular Entertainment features in the following genres: Popular culture, Performance art, Theatre studies, Dance, Sociology, Research methods: general, History, Library and information sciences / Museology
Researching Popular Entertainment is available in Paperback, Hardback
Researching Popular Entertainment was written by Kim Baston, Jason Price and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Researching Popular Entertainment has 280 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies series
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