Performing history: The importance of occasions

Rethinking History

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-52

  Burke, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Drama analogy; Historical method; Occasion; Performance; Situation; Theatre model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347315615     PISSN: 13642529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1364252042000329241     Document Type: Review

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