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Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,095
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Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism (Hardcover): Steven Connor

Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism (Hardcover)

Steven Connor

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Dumbstruck - A Cultural History of Ventriloquism centres on the evolution of ventriloquism from demonic phenomenon to popular entertainment in order to analyse the shifting cultural values attached to the natural and disembodied voice. It moves from late classical accounts of oracles through theological disputes about the nature of magical voices, medieval mysticism, early modern possession cases, philosophical debates about ventriloquism in the Enlightenment, the rise of ventriloquism as popular entertainment and the appearance of the dummy in the nineteenth century to discussions of twentieth-century technology and occult belief. The book is at the intersection of cultural history, literary theory, and aesthetics.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2000
First published: 2001
Authors: Steven Connor (Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, School of English and Humanities)
Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-818433-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Conjuring & magic
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 0-19-818433-6
Barcode: 9780198184331

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