Description
Book SynopsisLaunching the landmark
Performing Landscapes series,
Performing Mountains brings together for the first time Mountain Studies and Performance Studies in order to examine an international selection of dramatic responses to mountain landscapes.
Trade Review“There is much in this book, and indeed the Performing Landscapes series, that is crying out for further ecocritical discussion.” (Terry Gifford, Green Letters, February 21, 2021)
Table of Contents1. Handrail 1: Beginnings: Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle (W#1 and 2/214).- 2. Part 1: Mountain Studies meets Performance.- 3. Part 2: Mountains in Ritual, Drama and Site-related Performance.- 4. Handrail 2: Little Rituals: Bowfell (W#9/214).- 5. Part 2.1: Mountain Rituals.- 6. Handrail 3: Narrative paths: The Fairfield Horseshoe (W#18-25/214).- 7. Part 2.2: Mountain Drama.- 8. Handrail 4: Site, light and a dark memory put to rest: Barrow and Outerside (W#41-42/214).- 9. Part 2.3: Mountain Site-related Performance.- 10. Handrail 5: Stepping up, training and a new urgency: Skiddaw and its neighbours (W#135-140/214).- 11. Part 3.1: Mountains in Microcosm: The Artistry of Training in the Studio and on the Wall.- 12. Part 3.2: Skywalk scenography: stage-managing fear and delight in mountain.- 13. Part 3.3: From Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn: Deep and Dark Play in the Alps.- 14. General Conclusion.- 15. Handrail 6: Endings: Pillar (W#214)