Session Details

Wednesday, 28 December

120. Embodiment and Mediation: Radical Theatrical Bodies in the Nineteenth Century

8:30–9:45 a.m., Coolidge, Marriott

A special session

Presiding: Matthew Buckley, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick

1. “Legs, Boas, Bellies, and Voyeurs: French Performances in the Third Republic,” Jann Matlock, Univ. Coll. London

2. “Technologies of Embodiment in Wagner’s Festspielhaus,” Matthew W. Smith, Boston Univ.

3. “Theatrical Revolution and Political Revolt in Nineteenth-Century China,” Daphne P. Lei, Univ. of California, Irvine

Respondent: Martin Harries, New York Univ.

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