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Enacting History is a groundbreaking collection of essays that examines how historical narratives are brought to life through performance--beyond the traditional stage. From living history museums and battle reenactments to pageants and immersive tourism, the contributors explore how these performances construct, challenge, and complicate our understanding of the past. Edited by Scott Magelssen and Rhona Justice-Malloy, this volume offers a critical lens on authenticity, memory, and identity, making it essential reading for scholars of performance studies, public history, and cultural memory.
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"The authors and their fellow contributors should be congratulated for producing a book that is theoretically sophisticated and accessible to a wide range of readers and--owing to its innovative topic--a good deal of fun to read."
--Jason Shaffer, author of Performing Patriotism: National Identity in the Colonial and Revolutionary American Theater