Book Reviews

Eli Rozik. Generating Theatre Meaning: A Theory and Methodology of Performance Analysis. Sussex Academic Press, 2010.

• Erika Fischer-Lichte. “Generating Theatre Meaning: A Theory and Methodology of Performance Analysis (review).” Comparative Drama, Volume 43, Number 1, Spring 2009, pp. 123-126. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

• Jerzy Limon. “Generating Theatre Meaning: A Theory and Methodology of Performance Analysis. By Eli Rozik. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2008. Pp. x + 272 + illus. £55/$75 Hb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 34, Issue 2 (July 2009), pp. 213-214. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Kim Solga: Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

• Karen Britland. “Violence against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts. By Kim Solga. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; pp. 248. $85 cloth.” Theatre Survey, Volume 52, Issue 01 (May 2011), pp. 171-173. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Catharine Gray. “Violence Against Women in Early Modern Perfomance: Invisible Acts (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 63, Number 3 (October 2011), pp. 478-479. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Diana E. Henderson. “Violence Against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts (review)” Shakespeare Bulletin, Volume 29, Number 4 (Winter 2011), pp. 683-686. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Jenny Mann. Violence against Women in Early Modern Performance: Invisible Acts (review). Modern Drama, Volume 54, Number 4 (Winter 2011), pp. 577-580. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Sue-Ellen Case. Feminist and Queer Performance: Critical Strategies. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

• Shane T. Moreman. “Feminist and Queer Performance: Critical Strategies (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 1 (March 2010), pp. 137-138. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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James Fisher, ed. “We Will Be Citizens”: New Essays on Gay and Lesbian Theatre. McFarland, 2008.

• Jill Dolan. “We Will Be Citizens”: New Essays on Gay and Lesbian Theatre (review). Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 1 (March 2010), pp. 136-137. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Roberta Mock. “Robin Bernstein, ed. Cast Out: Queer Lives in Theater Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. 234 p. £21.50. ISBN: 0-472-06933-0; James Fisher, ed. ‘We Will Be Citizens’: New Essays on Gay and Lesbian Theatre Jefferson; London: McFarland, 2008. 224 p. £35.50. ISBN: 978-0-7864-3418-3.” New Theatre Quarterly, Volume 26, Issue 4 (November 2010), p. 398. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Sharon Friedman. Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2008.

• Candace M. Joice, “Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 1 (March 2010), pp. 138-139. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]
• Annika C. Speer. “Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works (review). TDR: The Drama Review, Volume 54, Number 4 (Winter 2010), pp. 232-234. Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Harvey Young. Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body. University of Michigan Press, 2010.

• Kevin Byrne. “The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory. By Tavia Nyong’o. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009; pp. 248. $67.50 cloth, $22.50 paper. Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body. By Harvey Young. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010; pp. 272. $80.00 cloth, $32.50 paper.” Theatre Survey, Volume 52, Issue 2, pp. 348-351. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Ric Knowles. “Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 63, Number 1 (March 2011), pp. 138-139 Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Aimee Zygmonski. “Embodying Black Experience: Stillness, Critical Memory, and the Black Body. By Harvey Young. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 259. £71.50/$80 Hb; £26.95/$29.95 Pb. No Safe Spaces: Re-casting Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Theater. By Angela C. Pao. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 305. £71.50/$80 Hb; £26.95/$29.95 Pb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 96-97. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Tracy C. Davis. The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

• Jonathan Hicks. “Linda Ben-Zvi and Tracy C. Davis, eds. Considering Calamity: Methods for Performance Research. The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University: Asaph Books, 2007. Henry Bial, ed. The Performance Studies Reader. 2nd edn. London and New York: Routledge, 2007. Tracy C. Davis, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.” Cambridge Opera Journal, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp. 89-99. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Alan Read. “The Cambridge Companion to Performance Studies.” Contemporary Theatre Review, Volume 19, Issue 3 (2009), pp. 375-377. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Scott Magelssen and Ann Haugo, eds. Querying Difference in Theatre History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.

• Brian T. Carney. “Querying Difference in Theatre History (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 61, Number 4 (December 2009), pp. 660-662 Available online. [may require subscriber login.]

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Michal Kobialka, ed. Of Borders and Thresholds: Theatre History, Practice, and Theory. University of Minnesota Press, 1999.

• Harry J. Elam, “Of Borders and Thresholds: Theatre History, Practice, and Theory. Edited by Michal Kobialka. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1999, pp. 311. Hardbound $54.95. Paper $21.95.” Theatre Survey, Volume 40, Issue 2, pp. 122-124. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Harley Erdman. “Of Borders and Thresholds: Theatre History, Practice, and Theory (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 53, Number 1 (March 2001), pp. 175-176. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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