2011, ISBN: 9780520950528

Inside the Magician's Craft, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, <i>Trade of the Tricks</i> offers an unpreced… Plus…

Inside the Magician's Craft, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, <i>Trade of the Tricks</i> offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France?s most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today?s magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book?s lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre. [PU: University of California Press], Seiten: 308, [ED: 1], University of California Press, 2011<

ISBN: 9780520950528

From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the fl… Plus…

From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today's magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book's lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre. University of California Press Cultural & Social Anthropology 9780520270466 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Social Sciences, University of California Press<

ISBN: 9780520950528

From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the fl… Plus…

From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today's magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book's lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre.; EPUB; Music, Stage & Screen > Film, TV & radio > Individual actors & performers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<

ISBN: 9780520950528

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*Trade of the Tricks* - Inside the Magician's Craft / epub eBook für 31.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Sozialwissenschaften Medien > Bücher nein eBook als epub eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften, Naval Institute Press<

2011, ISBN: 9780520950528

Inside the Magician's Craft, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of California Press], [ED: 1], University of California Press, 2011