New Books in Performing Arts

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Stefania Marghitu, "Teen TV" (Routledge, 2021)

Stefania Marghitu's Teen TV (Routledge, 2021)explores the history of television's relationship to teens as a desired, but elusive audience, and the ways in which television has embraced youth subcultures, tracing the shifts in American and global tel... more

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Chris Yogerst, "The Warner Brothers" (UP of Kentucky, 2023)

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28 Nov 2025 • 1 hr 7 min

Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

Harry Watkins was no one special. During a career that spanned four decades, this nineteenth-century actor yearned for fame but merely skirted the edges of it. He performed alongside the brightest stars, wrote scores of plays, and toured the United S... more

24 Nov 2025 • 1 hr 4 min

Lester D. Friedman, "Citizen Spielberg" (U of Illinois Press, 2022)

Steven Spielberg's extraordinary career redefined Hollywood, but his achievement goes far beyond shattered box office records. Rejecting the view of Spielberg as a Barnumesque purveyor of spectacle, Lester D. Friedman presents the filmmaker as a majo... more

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Episode: Lucy Caplan, "Dreaming in Ensemble: How Black Artists Transformed American Opera" (Harvard UP, 2025)

Song Ying

PhD candidate in sociology focusing on the horse head fiddle and Mongolian identity

Zhejiang University

Episode: Strings of Identity: The Horse-Head Fiddle and Mongolian Identity in China (with Ying Song)

Jessica Doyle

Writer based out of Atlanta, Georgia, with a Ph.D. in city planning

Episode: Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

Jordan Ferguson

Author of another book, 'The 33 and a Third,' with experience in writing about music and culture

Episode: Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

Dr. Janice Ross

Professor Emerita of Dance Studies at Stanford University, author of 'The Choreography of Environments'

Stanford University

Episode: Janice Ross "The Choreography of Environments: How the Anna and Lawrence Halprin Home Transformed Contemporary Dance and Urban Design" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Kip Grovenor-Hutchins

Cultural anthropologist and visiting assistant professor at Oberlin College

Oberlin College

Episode: A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia

Delia Casadei

Independent scholar, researcher, and writer based in Italy and the UK

University of California Press

Episode: Delia Casadei, "Risible: Laughter without Reason and the Reproduction of Sound" (U California Press, 2024)

Bradley Morgan

Author and fellow host at New Books Network

New Books Network

Episode: Bradley Morgan, "U2: Until the End of the World" (Weldon Owen, 2025)

Whitney Laemmli

Assistant professor in the Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies at the Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

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Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

Q: Who is Harry Watkins? Did you find other people you could have focused on?

Harry Watkins was an ordinary man whose diary provides a unique insight into 19th-century theatre. His story is particularly interesting because it contrasts the lives of well-known actors and reflects the struggles of many lesser-known performers.

Amy Hughes, "An Actor's Tale: Theater, Culture, and Everyday Life in the Nineteenth-Century United States" (U Michigan Press, 2025)

Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?

I'm a professor of Theatre and Drama in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of Michigan, focusing on popular theatre in the United States during the 1800s. I noticed many historians cited a particular book about Harry Watkins, an ordinary actor, and decided to explore his life to understand why he had been overlooked despite the valuable insights his story could provide.

Strings of Identity: The Horse-Head Fiddle and Mongolian Identity in China (with Ying Song)

Q: Can you perhaps unpack a little bit how these different factors have shaped the instrument's evolution?

Song Ying explains that government reform efforts since the 1950s have influenced the instrument's development within a cultural and political framework.

Strings of Identity: The Horse-Head Fiddle and Mongolian Identity in China (with Ying Song)

Q: Could you tell us a little bit about your PhD project, what motivated you to research the horse head fiddle and what continues to fascinate you about this instrument and its cultural role?

Song Ying discusses her background in sociology, focusing on the intersection of ethnicity and art, and how her personal interest in subcultures led her to study the horse head fiddle's evolution and significance.

Jessica Doyle and Jordan Ferguson, "Dance Dance Revolution" (Boss Fight Books, 2025)

Q: What does the vibrant culture surrounding Dance Dance Revolution tell us about creativity, fandom, and ownership?

Both authors noted that the DDR community has shown resilience and creativity, filling needs through fan-driven initiatives and maintaining the game's legacy.

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