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Radical History Review (1996) 1996 (66): 40–91.
Published: 01 October 1996
...Kathryn J. Oberdeck Copyright © 1996 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 1996 Contested Cultures of American Refinement: Theatrical Manager Sylvester Poli, His Audiences, and the Vaudeville Industry, 1890-1920 Kathryn J...
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Radical History Review (1996) 1996 (66): 41–91.
Published: 01 October 1996
...Kathryn J. Oberdeck Copyright © 1996 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc. 1996 Contested Cultures of American Refinement: Theatrical Manager Sylvester Poli, His Audiences, and the Vaudeville Industry, 1890-1920 Kathryn J...
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Radical History Review (2016) 2016 (124): 177–191.
Published: 01 January 2016
... the dictatorship. A key element of their success was their effective use of social theatricalities to communicate protesters' demands and to rearticulate the meaning of urban space. This essay aims to demonstrate that these tactics grounded on a poetics of the body symbolically reappropriated the neoliberal city...
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Radical History Review (2023) 2023 (147): 77–102.
Published: 01 October 2023
... Red Flag Canal (1970), the article tells two tales of Chinese hydraulic construction to analyze the theatrical and cinematic aesthetics of socialist labor reform and rural industrialization. In China’s history of transforming water from a natural threat to a natural resource, Tian Han and Jiang...
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Radical History Review (2015) 2015 (121): 123–144.
Published: 01 January 2015
... changed as electoral reforms, the rise of the “fourth estate,” and scientific discoveries in laryngology influenced evaluations of political speech. Most notably, rhetorical brilliance and a theatrical delivery lost legitimacy and were increasingly replaced by a “polite” and conversational style...
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Radical History Review (2016) 2016 (126): 30–49.
Published: 01 October 2016
... to assassinate the emperor. Immediately after the Red Flag Incident, however, newspapers highlighted the four female socialists taken into custody, embroidering their stories with a variety of theatrical metaphors. Simultaneously, the gendered narratives allowed the radical political message to circulate...
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Radical History Review (2008) 2008 (102): 99–110.
Published: 01 October 2008
... recent collaboration with a theater educator, the essay examines the radical potential of one pedagogical method in particular—a theater-based strategy called “process drama.” A philosophical and experiential approach to teaching and learning, this method draws on theatrical ideas to trouble...
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Radical History Review (1987) 1987 (37): 69–81.
Published: 01 January 1987
... in the twentieth century. The more theatrically ambitious refer to the fragmentation and commodification of the self under ad- vanced capitalism. The selling of the President, it can be said, is onIy the most dramatic instance of a marketing orientation that has RADICAL HISTORY REVIEW 37 1987...
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Radical History Review (1989) 1989 (43): 121–135.
Published: 01 January 1989
... of the university's Labor History Project, which since 1977 has conducted oral history interviews concerning the strike.2 Before embarking on this enterprise, none of the half-dozen social scientists comprising the Labor History Project had had any experience in theatrical produc- tions. Our first task...
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Radical History Review (2000) 2000 (78): 57–84.
Published: 01 October 2000
... on to suggest ways in which this approach might be developed in future, rooting it in an appreciation of the theatrical and fictional origins of the form. To achieve this, I return to the encounter with Lushing Loo. Melodrama does have its uses, but the claims made for the melodramatic mode need...
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Radical History Review (1978) 1978 (18): 17–34.
Published: 01 October 1978
...; and sometimes mix and take their seats amongst them. . . . Who is it that ad- mires, and from the heart is attached to national assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque, and abonimable perversion of that sacred instit~te?~ The theatrical metaphor...
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Radical History Review (1993) 1993 (56): 59–67.
Published: 01 May 1993
...-from New Zealand to New Hampshire, from the back-and-forth of seminar to the lanky, theatrical perfor- mances at lectures, from the elite corners to the mass university, a generation has heard these researches well before reading them. A1 Young remembers the electric atmosphere...
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Radical History Review (1980) 1979-80 (22): 7–40.
Published: 01 January 1980
... ascribed to him than any other doyen of the eighteenthcentury stage including the brilliant David Garrick. Foote‘s theatrical performances, it seems, were not confined to the playhouse; he was always on stage. Both in his everyday conduct and when he walked the boards he strove to break down...
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Radical History Review (1998) 1998 (72): 122–162.
Published: 01 October 1998
... highly theatrical roles, proffered herself to vision, made herself aesthetic and public, but eluded fully satisfying interpretation. In this essay, I use the language of theatre, performance, and enactment to read contemporary accounts of Mrs. Pattison's performances in Oxford. Novels...
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Radical History Review (1998) 1998 (72): 123–162.
Published: 01 October 1998
... highly theatrical roles, proffered herself to vision, made herself aesthetic and public, but eluded fully satisfying interpretation. In this essay, I use the language of theatre, performance, and enactment to read contemporary accounts of Mrs. Pattison's performances in Oxford. Novels...
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Radical History Review (2000) 2000 (77): 60–90.
Published: 01 May 2000
... world of commerce. Rather than extinguishing artistic potential, markets were a necessary condition for the emergence of theatrical modernism. Modernist cultural institutions, such as the Thbtitre Libre, were able to interact with their public through then innovative marketing practices...
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Radical History Review (2007) 2007 (98): 63–80.
Published: 01 May 2007
... and La Presse Sportive et Littéraire exemplified a new hybrid genre of mag- azines that examined athletics and theater side by side.12 From the beginning of the century, shows involving sport or gymnastic display were increasingly common theatrical fare. Plays with titles like Three Champions...
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Radical History Review (1979) 1979 (21): 49–61.
Published: 01 October 1979
... was the Teatro Coliin. Finished in 1904 and officially opened in 1908, this splendid opera house attracted the finest European singers and musicians for its June, July, and August winter seasons. While Spanish, French and Italian theatricals catered to the Europeanized POPULAR...
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Radical History Review (2002) 2002 (84): 7–42.
Published: 01 October 2002
... and toward the construction of popular tradition as a commonly held, uniquely Haitian cultural endowment: Better than the stories of great battles, better than the relation of the great events of official history . . . better than the theatrical poses...
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Radical History Review (2003) 2003 (86): 7–35.
Published: 01 May 2003
... to Christian passion plays and was influenced by the latter. Ta’ziyeh offers a theatrical representation of the Karbalâ events. It is one of the oldest forms of theater in the region, and ordinary cit- izens eagerly anticipate the annual performances. This highly...