Kirstin Smith

Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York (eBook, ePUB)

Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stunts of Late Nineteenth Century New York: Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness examines the emergence of stunts in the media, politics, sport, and art of New York at the turn of the twentieth century, to show what stunts reveal about value, risk and human life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429632273
• Artikelnr.: 57532951

Autorenporträt

Kirstin Smith is lecturer in Drama at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her work has appeared in TDR and Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film , and her research examines the intersection of performance, identity and economy.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Stunts and money: bridge jumping and the Industrial Army
2. Stunts, work and walking in circles in the 'go-as-you-please' race
3. Stunt journalism
4. Turning the wheel: bicycle stunts, circulation and derivatives
Conclusion
Index