Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Artistic Processes and Characteristics: Key Problems of the Sociology of the Theatre In Dialogue with Pierre Bourdieu
Maria Shevtsova
2 The Social and Political Impact of the Theatre in Contemporary Society
Ilaria Riccioni
3 Theatre at University as a Way to Increase the Sense of Citizenship and Civil Spirit
Roberta Paltrinieri
4 Staged Passages between Art and Everyday Life
Gerhard Glüher
5 Urban Environment, Places for Performance A Groundbreaking Experience: Renato Nicolini and Estate Romana (1976–1985)
Raimondo Guarino
6 The Theatre as the Stage of an Elusive Further Society
Mariselda Tessarolo
7 Paris and Popular Theatre in Robert Michels La foule and the Audience in the Years of Classical Sociology
Raffaele Federici
8 The Undone Discipline A Historical and Critical-Theoretical Account of the Sociology of the Theatre
Marco Serino
9 Theatre as Intersubjective Space for the Mediation of Collective Identity Outline of a Psychoanalytic Perspective
Maria Grazia Turri
10 Historical Reenactment and Theatrical Performance On New Perspectives of Educational Methods
Elena Olesina and Elena Polyudova
11 Political Theatre in the 20th Century Elements for Archaeology
Marisol Facuse
12 Blast Theory between Public Space and Social Space
Vincenzo Del Gaudio
13 Live/Life Sharing The Use of Social Media by Contemporary Theatre Companies in Italy
Laura Gemini and Stefano Brilli
14 Theatre as a Means of “Interpreting” Lockdown The Case of Staged
Jessica Camargo Molano
15 Cultural Welfare Theatre in the Limelight
Annalisa Cicerchia and Simona Staffieri
16 Measuring Culture – How and Why?
Giulia Cavrini
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