The Routledge Circus Studies Reader

The Routledge Circus Studies Reader offers an absorbing critical introduction to this emerging field. It collects work by over 30 scholars in this discipline into 3 sections, Perspectives, Precedents and Presents, which approach the history, current issues, and future of circus performance. _x005F_x005F_x000D_ The chapters, grouped by theme, present a range of approaches to circus studies. Classic accounts of performance by Phillippe Petit and Nietzsche appear alongside recent scholarship in the field. _x005F_x005F_x000D_ Edited by two scholars rooted in the world of performance, The Routledge Circus Studies Reader is an essential and stimulating resource for this evolving discipline.