Performing Animality: Animals in Performance Practice
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Theoretical and creative interventions into the presence of the animal and ideas of animality in performance.
| Editor | Jennifer Parker-Starbuck and Dr Lourdes Orozco |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN | 978-1137373120 |
| Reference | P2923 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Type | Publication |
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