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Performance and the Contemporary City

Performance and the Contemporary City

Nicolas Whybrow

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2010
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Obras de teatro, textos teatrales
ISBN:
9780230527201
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Whybrow’s interdisciplinarycollection of urban writingsdemonstrates how performance is ’at work’ in the city. His selectionhighlights both diversity and thepotential for interaction, drawing attention to the possible identities produced by themulti-faceted nature ofthemodern metropolis. '

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