Theatre Symposium, Volume 31 - 9780817370183

Theatre Symposium, Volume 31Theatre and the Popular\nAuthor(s): Chase Bringardner, Chase Bringardner, Mysia Anderson, Chase Bringardner, Elizabeth M. Cizmar, Chelsea Curto, Janet M. Davis, Tom Fish, Kyla Kazuschyk, Sarah McCarroll\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817370183, 978-0817370183\nSynopsis\nA new issue of the longstanding theatre journal, documenting conversations that traverse disciplinary boundaries\n\n The essays in the thirty-first volume of Theatre Symposium traverse disciplinary boundaries to explore what constitutes the popular in theater and performance in an increasingly frenetic and mediated landscape. Amid the current resurgence of populist discourse and the enduring impact of popular culture, this volume explores what is considered popular, how that determination gets made, and who makes it. The answers to these questions shape the structures and systems of perforh