Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies by Agnew, Lamb and Tomann (eds)

Re-enactment studies are booming, just like re-enactment, living history and role play are. This handbook, therefore, is a good introduction for those interested in the more academic aspects of re-enactment. However, as is often the case with an academic-only approach, this book is not meant for tho...

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Autor principal:	Roeland Paardekooper
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Publicado:	EXARC 2020
Materias:	living history newest era interpretation Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3fe100c54afc47b88880367fd9dce8ab2021-12-01T14:42:34ZBook Review: The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies by Agnew, Lamb and Tomann (eds)2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/3fe100c54afc47b88880367fd9dce8ab2020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10509https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Re-enactment studies are booming, just like re-enactment, living history and role play are. This handbook, therefore, is a good introduction for those interested in the more academic aspects of re-enactment. However, as is often the case with an academic-only approach, this book is not meant for those interested in the backgrounds of re-enactment per se. The authors are academics, writing for their peers; there are hardly any practitioners involved. The whole book feels like we are reading the reports of cultural anthropologists who have done a bit of fieldwork. The History of the Field (Otto), for example, is a history of the academic approach, not of re-enactment itself. This book is an aid to academic re-enactment studies programs, but does not support the emancipation or professionalisation of re-enactment itself.Roeland PaardekooperEXARCarticleliving historynewest erainterpretationMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2020/3 (2020)
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description	Re-enactment studies are booming, just like re-enactment, living history and role play are. This handbook, therefore, is a good introduction for those interested in the more academic aspects of re-enactment. However, as is often the case with an academic-only approach, this book is not meant for those interested in the backgrounds of re-enactment per se. The authors are academics, writing for their peers; there are hardly any practitioners involved. The whole book feels like we are reading the reports of cultural anthropologists who have done a bit of fieldwork. The History of the Field (Otto), for example, is a history of the academic approach, not of re-enactment itself. This book is an aid to academic re-enactment studies programs, but does not support the emancipation or professionalisation of re-enactment itself.
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Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies by Agnew, Lamb and Tomann (eds)

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