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		The President Electric Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance Timothy Raphael How Reagan's immersion in an electronic media culture of performance shaped his political career 6 x 9. 288 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07073-2     978-0-472-05073-4     $65.00S     $26.95S     Available Available
		Changing the Subject Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies 1959-2009 Edited and with an Introduction by Joseph Roach Leading theater scholars on the major developments in their field over the past 50 years 6 x 9. 368 pgs. 37 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     978-0-472-11707-9     $75.00S     Available
		Performing Conquest Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico Patricia A. Ybarra An unprecedented reading of Mexican history through the lens of performance 6 x 9. 288 pgs. 11 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     978-0-472-11679-9     $65.00S     Available
		The Cultural Politics of Slam Poetry Race, Identity, and the Performance of Popular Verse in America Susan B. A. Somers-Willett How do slam poets and their audiences reflect the politics of difference? 5.875 x 9.25. 208 pgs. 4 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07059-6     978-0-472-05059-8     $65.00S     $22.95S     Available Available
		Highbrow/Lowdown Theater, Jazz, and the Making of the New Middle Class David Savran The culture clash that permanently changed American theater 6 x 9. 336 pgs. 21 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     978-0-472-11692-8     $35.00T     Available
		Reflections on Beckett A Centenary Celebration Anna McMullan and S. E. Wilmer, Editors Renowned international scholars offer perspectives on one of the world's most challenging playwrights 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2009 Cloth     978-0-472-11664-5     $65.00S     Available
		Ethnic Drag Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany Katrin Sieg An exploration of the West German attempt to repress and refashion concepts of "race" after the Holocaust 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2 drawings, 10 photographs. 2002 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11282-1     978-0-472-03362-1     $75.00S     $26.95S     Available Available
		Stone Tower The Political Theater of Arthur Miller Jeffrey D. Mason A revealing look at Arthur Miller's political sensibilities as evidenced in his dramatic works and other writings 6 x 9. 328 pgs. 2008 Cloth     978-0-472-11650-8     $49.50S     Available
		Stages of Conflict A Critical Anthology of Latin American Theater and Performance Diana Taylor and Sarah J. Townsend, Editors This fascinating anthology reveals the rich performance history of Latin America from the sixteenth century to the present 7 x 10. 344 pgs. 24 B&W illustrations. 2008 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07027-5     978-0-472-05027-7     $90.00S     $39.95S     Available Available
		Suzan-Lori Parks Deborah R. Geis An accessible guide to the inventive language and experimental stagings of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks 6 x 9. 184 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2008 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09946-7     978-0-472-06946-0     $49.50S     $18.95T     Available Available
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		Arthur Miller's Global Theater Enoch Brater, Editor How an American playwright is performed on stages around the world 6 x 9. 168 pgs. 2007 Cloth     978-0-472-11593-8     $54.50S     Available
		Black Cultural Traffic Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture Edited by Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson Fresh takes on key questions in black performance and black popular culture, by leading artists, academics, and critics 6 x 9. 416 pgs. 15 B&W photos, 3 drawings, 1 chart. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09840-8     978-0-472-06840-1     $80.00S     $29.95S     Available Available
		Critical Theory and Performance Revised and Enlarged Edition Janelle G. Reinelt and Joseph R. Roach, Editors Updated and enlarged, this groundbreaking collection surveys the major critical currents and approaches in drama, theater, and performance 7 x 10. 608 pgs. 48 B&W photos and illustrations. 2007 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09886-6     978-0-472-06886-9     $90.00S     $35.00S     Available Available
		The Haunted Stage The Theatre as Memory Machine Marvin Carlson Uncovers the ways in which the spectator's memory informs theatrical reception 6 x 9. 216 pgs. 2001 Paper     978-0-472-08937-6     $24.95S     Available
		Playing Underground A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement Stephen J. Bottoms The first comprehensive history of Off-Off Broadway 6.125 x 9.25. 448 pgs. 38 B&W photograph section. 2004 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11400-9     978-0-472-03194-8     $55.00S     $20.95S     Available Available
		Restaging the Sixties Radical Theaters and Their Legacies Edited by James M. Harding and Cindy Rosenthal A dynamic exploration of eight radical theater collectives from the 1960s and 70s, and their influence on contemporary performance 6.125 x 9.25. 464 pgs. 16 B&W photographs. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09954-2     978-0-472-06954-5     $80.00S     $37.50S     Available Available
		The Theater Will Rock A History of the Rock Musical, from Hair to Hedwig Elizabeth L. Wollman Chronicles the rock musical's artistic and financial blockbusters---and bombs---from 1960 to the present 6 x 9. 288 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11576-1     978-0-472-03402-4     $29.95T     $22.95T     Available Forthcoming
		Utopia in Performance Finding Hope at the Theater Jill Dolan A passionate book that underscores the critical contribution that the theater arts can make to imagining a more just world 6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09907-8     978-0-472-06907-1     $70.00S     $24.95S     Available Available
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Award-Winning Books

		Avant-Garde Performance and the Limits of Criticism Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement Mike Sell Honorable Mention: 2004-05 Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book in Drama and Theatre 6 x 9. 336 pgs. 1 diagram, 4 illustrations. 2008 Paper     978-0-472-03307-2     $27.95S     Available
		Bodies in Commotion Disability and Performance Edited by Carrie Sandahl and Philip Auslander Winner: 2006 Best Book Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 13 B&W photographs. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09891-0     978-0-472-06891-3     $80.00S     $28.95S     Available Available
		Ethnic Drag Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany Katrin Sieg Winner: Joe A. Callaway Prize for Best Book on Drama or Theatre Winner: 2003 Research Award for Outstanding Book in Theatre Practice and Pedagogy from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2 drawings, 10 photographs. 2002 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11282-1     978-0-472-03362-1     $75.00S     $26.95S     Available Available
		The Haunted Stage The Theatre as Memory Machine Marvin Carlson Winner: 2002 Joe A. Callaway Prize for Best Book on Drama and Theatre 6 x 9. 216 pgs. 2001 Paper     978-0-472-08937-6     $24.95S     Available
		Land/Scape/Theater Elinor Fuchs and Una Chaudhuri, Editors Winner: 2002 Single Achievement in Editing Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) 6 x 9. 336 pgs. 26 photographs. 2002 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09720-3     978-0-472-06720-6     $80.00S     $32.50S     Available Available
		The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson Harry J. Elam, Jr. Winner: 2005 Errol Hill Prize from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) Harry J. Elam, Jr. was awarded the American Society of Theatre Research's Distinguished Scholar Prize 6 x 9. 312 pgs. 16 B&W photographs in text. 2004 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11368-2     978-0-472-03163-4     $70.00S     $25.95S     Available Available
		The Player's Passion Studies in the Science of Acting Joseph R. Roach Winner of the Barnard Hewitt Award for Theatre History from the American Society of Theatre Research (ASTR) 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 25 B&W photographs, 6 line drawings. 1993 Paper     978-0-472-08244-5     $22.95S     Available
		Playing Underground A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement Stephen J. Bottoms Honorable Mention for the Barnard Hewitt Award from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) 6.125 x 9.25. 448 pgs. 38 B&W photograph section. 2004 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11400-9     978-0-472-03194-8     $55.00S     $20.95S     Available Available
		Queering Mestizaje Transculturation and Performance Alicia Arrizón Winner of the Outstanding Book Award for 2008 from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Co-winner of the 2007 Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 29 illustrations. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09955-9     978-0-472-06955-2     $70.00S     $29.95S     Available Available
		The Stage Life of Props Andrew Sofer Runner-up for the 2003 Barnard Hewitt Award from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 photographs. 2003 Paper     978-0-472-06839-5     $25.95S     Available
		When Romeo Was a Woman Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators Lisa Merrill Winner: 2000 Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book on Drama or Theatre 6 x 9. 344 pgs.7 drawings, 24 photographs. 1999 Paper     978-0-472-08749-5     $26.95S     Available
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