Rings of Desire: Circus History and Representation

by Helen Stoddart

Book Overview

The circus has been both one of the most influential forms of international popular entertainment and yet at the same time remains almost entirely absent from academic studies of popular theatrical forms. This book offers readers an introduction to the cultural history of the circus and gives an account of the dominant characteristics of the circus's aesthetic practices and relates these to the sometimes precarious developments, changes and variations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719052335
• ISBN13: 9780719052330
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 9.0"