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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kenneth Gross
Introduction
Part I: Theory and Practice
Section I: Theoretical Approaches to the Puppet
1 The Death of "The Puppet"?
2 The Co-Presence and Ontological Ambiguity of the Puppet
3 Playing with the Eternal Uncanny: The Persistent Life of Lifeless Objects
Section II: Perspectives from Practitioners
4 Visual Dramaturgy: Some Thoughts for Puppet Theatre-Makers
5 Puppetry, Authorship, and the Ur-Narrative
6 Petrushka's Voice
7 "Clouds Are Made of White!": The Intersection of Live Art and Puppetry as an Approach to Postdramatic Children's Theatre
8 Movement Is Consciousness
9 The Eye of Light: The Tension of Image and Object in Shadow Theatre and Beyond
10 The Third Thing
11 Post-Decivilization Efforts in the Nonsense Suburb of Art
Part II: New Dialogues with History and Tradition
Section III: Revisiting History
12 Making a Troublemaker: Charlotte Charke's Proto-Feminist Punch
13 Life-Death and Disobedient Obedience: Russian Modernist Redefinitions of the Puppet
14 The Saracen of Opera dei Pupi: A Study of Race, Representation, and Identity
15 Puppet Think: The Implication of Japanese Ritual Puppetry for Thinking through Puppetry Performances
16 Relating to the Cross: A Puppet Perspective on the Holy Week Ceremonies of the Regularis Concordia
Section IV: Negotiating Tradition
17 Traditional and Post-Traditional Wayang Kulit in Java Today
18 Korean Puppetry and Heritage: Hyundai Puppet Theatre and Creative Group NONI Translating Tradition
19 Forging New Paths for Kerala's Tolpavakoothu Leather Shadow Puppetry Tradition
20 Integration of Puppetry Tradition into Contemporary Theatre: The Reinvigoration of the Vertep Puppet Nativity Play after Communism in Eastern Europe
Part III: Contemporary Investigations and Hybridizations
Section V: Material Performances in Contemporary Theatre
21 From Props to Prosopopeia: Making After Cardenio
22 "A Total Spectacle but a Divided One": Redefining Character in Handspring Puppet Company's Or You Could Kiss Me
23 Reading a Puppet Show: Understanding the Three-Dimensional Narrative
24 Notes on New Model Theatres
Section VI: New Directions and Hybrid Forms
25 From Puppet to Robot: Technology and the Human in Japanese Theatre
26 Unholy Alliances and Harmonious Hybrids: New Fusions in Puppetry and Animation
27 Programming Play: Puppets, Robots, and Engineering
28 Return to the Mound: Animating Infinite Potential in Clay, Food, and Compost
Index
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