Book Reviews

Christopher B. Balme. The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies. Cambridge University Press, 2008.

• Simon Shepherd. “Christopher B. Balme The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 231 p. £14.99. ISBN: 978-0-521-67223-8. Robert Leach Theatre Studies: the Basics London; New York: Routledge, 2008. 194 p. £11.99. ISBN: 978-0-415-42639-9.” New Theatre Quarterly, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 422. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Daphne A. Brooks, Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006.

• Barbara Lewis. “Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910. By Daphne A. Brooks. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2006; pp. 488, 23 illus. $94.95 cloth, $25.95 paper.” Theatre Survey, Volume 49, Issue 2: pp. 316-318. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Sinéad Moynihan. “Daphne A. Brooks, Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850–1910 (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2006, £16.95). Pp. 475. isbn 0 8223 3722 3.” Journal of American Studies: Volume 42, Issue 1, p. 153. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Deborah Elizabeth Whaley. “Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (review).” American Studies, Volume 48, Number 4 (Winter 2007), pp. 153-153. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Joseph Roach, Changing the Subject: Marvin Carlson and Theater Studies. University of Michigan Press, 2009.

• Martin Meisel. “Changing the Subject: Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies, 1959-2009 (review).” Modern Drama, Volume 54, Number 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 112-115. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Edward Ziter. “Changing the Subject: Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies, 1959–2009. Edited and with an introduction by Joseph Roach. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009; pp xii + 356. $80.00 cloth.” Theatre Survey, Volume 52, Number 2 (November 2011): pp. 386-388. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
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Patricia A. Ybarra, Performing Conquest: Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico. University of Michigan Press, 2009.

• Sruti Bala. “Performing Conquest: Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico. By Patricia Ybarra. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009. Pp. 288. $65 Hb.” Theatre Research International. Volume 36,Number 3 (October 2011), pp. 303 – 304. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Lara D. Nielsen. “Performing Conquest: Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico (review).” TDR: The Drama Review. Volume 55, Number 2 (Summer 2011), pp. 171-174. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Gene A. Plunka. Holocaust Drama: The Theater of Atrocity. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

• Erika Hughes. “Holocaust Drama: The Theater of Atrocity (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 2 (May 2010), pp. 311-312. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Gad Kaynar. “Holocaust Drama: The Theater of Atrocity (review).” Theatre Research International, Volume 36, Issue 1 (March 2011), pp. 84-85. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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S.E. Wilmer, Native American Performance and Representation. University of Arizona Press, 2009.

• Theresa May. “Native American Performance and Representation (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 4 (December 2010), pp. 688-689. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Courtney Elkin Mohler. “Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective. By Christy Stanlake. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. vii + 242. £55/$99 Hb. Native American Performance and Representation. Edited by S. E. Wilmer. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2009. Pp. vii + 286. $49.95 Hb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 35, Issue 3 (October 2010), pp. 302-303. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Christy Stanlake. “Shari M. Huhndorf, Mapping the Americas: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009, £26.95/$39.95). Pp. xiii+202. isbn 978 08014 4800 3. S. E. Wilmer (ed.), Native American Performance and Representation (Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2009, $49.95). Pp. vii+286. isbn 978 0 8165 2646 8.” Journal of American Studies, Volume 44, Special Issue 03 (August 2010), E51. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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D.J. Hopkins, Shelly Orr, and Kim Solga, eds. Performance and the City. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

• Stuart Andrews. “Performance and the City. Edited by D.J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr and Kim Solga. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pp. xiv + 269 + 39 illus. £50/$85 Hb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 35, Issue 3 (October 2010), pp. 312-313. Available online [may require subscriber login]
• Robert Crane. “Performance and the City. Edited by D. J. Hopkins, Shelley Orr, and Kim Solga. Performance Interventions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; pp. xiv + 269. $90.00 cloth, $29.00 paper.” Theatre Survey, Volume 52, Issue 2 (November 2011): pp. 384-386. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Deirdre O’Leary. “Performance and the City (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 63, Number 2, May 2011 pp. 285-286. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Mechele Leon. Molière, The French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife. University of Iowa Press, 2009.

• Matthew Shifflett. “Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 4, December 2010, pp. 705-706. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Dan Smith. “Molière, the French Revolution, and the Theatrical Afterlife. By Mechele Leon. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2009. Pp. viii + 184 + 8 illus. £33.50/$39.95 Hb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 35, Issue 3 (October 2010): pp. 307- 308. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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Patrick Anderson and Jisha Menon, eds. Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

• Sruti Bala. “Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict. Edited by Patrick Anderson and Jisha Menon: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; pp. 391. $85 cloth. Performance in Place of War. By James Thompson, Jenny Hughes, and Michael Balfour. Calcutta and London: Seagull Books, 2009; pp. xii+352. $29 cloth.” Theatre Survey, Volume 52, Issue 1 (May 2011), pp. 209-211. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Raimondo Genna. “Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict (review).” Theatre Journal, Volume 62, Number 3 (October 2010), pp. 487-488. Available online. [may require subscriber login]
• Fintan Walsh. “Violence Performed: Local Roots and Global Routes of Conflict. Edited by Patrick Anderson and Jisha Menon. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pp. 391 + 11 illus. £60/$75 Hb.” Theatre Research International, Volume 34, Issue 3, (October 2009), pp. 331-332. Available online. [may require subscriber login]

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