What is Theatre?

Nellhaus, T.

From oral culture, through the advent of literacy, to the introduction of printing, to the development of electronic media, communication structures have radically altered culture in profound ways. As the first book to take a critical realist approach to culture, Theatre, Communication, Critical Realism examines theatre and its history through the interaction of society s structures, agents, and discourses. Tobin Nellhaus shows that communication structure - a culture s use and development of speech, handwriting, printing, and electronics - explains much about why, when, and how theatre has transformed.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-08-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230623637

DOI: 10.1057/9780230107953

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 237