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Performing Magic on the Western Stage

From the Eighteenth Century to the Present
By:L. Hass
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230607880
eText ISBN:9780230617124
Edition:0
Copyright:2008
Format:Page Fidelity

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Performing Magic on the Western Stage examines magic as a performing art and as a meaningful social practice, linking magic to cultural arenas such as religion, finance, gender, and nationality and profiling magicians from Robert-Houdin to Pen& Teller.