1st Edition
Stunts of Late Nineteenth-Century New York Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness
By Kirstin Smith
Copyright 2020
224 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Stunts of Late Nineteenth- Century New York: Aestheticised Precarity, Endangered Liveness examines the emergence of stunts in the media, politics, sport and art of New York at the turn of the twentieth century. This book investigates stunts in sport, media and politics, demonstrating how these risky performances tapped into anxieties and fantasies concerning work, freedom, gendered/ raced/... Read more
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Stunts and money: bridge jumping and the Industrial Army; 2. Stunts, work and walking in circles in the ‘go-as-you-please’ race; 3. Stunt journalism; 4. Turning the wheel: bicycle stunts, circulation and derivatives; Conclusion; Index
Biography
Kirstin Smith is lecturer in Drama at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her work has appeared in TDR and Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film , and her research examines the intersection of performance, identity and economy.
