Examines the impact of Russian actresses on the modernist theater of the period (1898-1917). Looks at individual actresses, the actress-entrepreneur, and the Silver Age actress as unruly woman. Includ
The interdisciplinary essays in Showing Off, Showing Up examine acts of showing, a particular species of performance that relies on competition and judgment, active spectatorship, embodied excess, and
The interdisciplinary essays in Showing Off, Showing Up examine acts of showing, a particular species of performance that relies on competition and judgment, active spectatorship, embodied excess, and
