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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Setting the Scene: An Introduction
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Terms of Engagement
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Front Matter
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By Children/for Children
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Front Matter
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Global Perspectives
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
"Readers should resist the urge to pick out one or two essays to peruse, since what really sets this collection apart is its global, generic, and methodological inclusiveness. We learn not only about stage plays and musicals but also film, TV, dance, and experimental theatre; not only about what adult viewers make of child performers but what former child performers make of their own experiences. This excellent collection of essays should inspire more theatre historians and cultural critics to pay attention to the centrality of children as makers and consumers of entertainment." - Marah Gubar, Director, Children's Literature Program, University of Pittsburgh, USA
"The participation of children in entertainment industries the world over has been unquestioned for centuries. This volume makes vital progress in addressing aesthetic, economic, and political questions essential for exposing assumptions and practices which have governed the work of juvenile performers across the globe. Surprising by its geographical and chronological reach, from Bali to Toronto, Melbourne to Naples, and with stories from the Renaissance to YouTube, the scholarship here is rigorous, diverse, and challenging." - Anne Varty, Professor, English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
About the authors
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Entertaining Children
Book Subtitle: The Participation of Youth in the Entertainment Industry
Editors: Gillian Arrighi, Victor Emeljanow
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305466
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Gillian Arrighi and Victor Emeljanow 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-30545-9Published: 07 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45482-2Published: 07 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30546-6Published: 07 May 2014
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 251
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Performing Arts, Theatre History, Youth Culture, Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies, Childhood, Adolescence and Society