{"product_id":"enveloping-worlds-toward-a-discourse-of-immersive-performance-paperback","title":"Enveloping Worlds: Toward a Discourse of Immersive Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eE. B. Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eScott Magelssen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnveloping Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that analyzes the phenomenon of immersive, participatory performance as it has developed in the US. As this collection demonstrates, immersive performance offers three-dimensional multisensory experiences, inviting audience members to be participants in the unfolding of the story, and challenging pre-existing ideas about the function of performance and entertainment. \u003ci\u003eEnveloping Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e questions audience agency and choice, the space and boundaries of performance, modes of immersion, empathy and engagement, and ethical considerations through fifteen essays. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Case studies in the volume include the Choctaw Cultural Center in Oklahoma and Choctaw sovereignty; a Black artist's autoethnographic performance challenging White audiences' entitlement to full inclusion; Immersive Van Gogh experiences and their scenographers; telephone performance during the COVID-19 lockdowns; Diane Paulus's\u003ci\u003e The Donkey Show\u003c\/i\u003e; the \u003ci\u003eBattle of Atlanta\u003c\/i\u003e panorama; an antebellum-themed department store display from the 1920s; escape rooms at Disney Parks; remotely staged plays about aging and dementia; tiki bars; anachronistic costuming at Renaissance Festivals; the technologies that shape the boundaries of immersive worlds; and tabletop role-playing games. Taken together, these essays contribute a rich discussion of immersive performance across radically different contexts, offering analytical models and terminology with which to clarify and advance this emergent discourse.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE. B. Hunter \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of Drama at Washington University in St. Louis. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eActing the Part: Audience Participation in Performance\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Magelssen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Theatre History and Performance Studies at the University of Washington. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePerforming Flight: From The Barnstormers to Space Tourism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSimming: Participatory Performance and the Making of Meaning\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTheater Historiography: Critical Interventions\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.98 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176730870009,"sku":"9780472057405","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eA-djoXQps9780472057405.webp?v=1767686515","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/enveloping-worlds-toward-a-discourse-of-immersive-performance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}