Historical Reenactment: New Ways of Experiencing History (Making Sense of History, 44)

Long dismissed as the domain of hobbyists and obsessives, historical reenactment—the dramatization of past events using costumed actors and historical props—has only in recent years attracted serious attention from scholars. Drawing on examples from around the world, Historical Reenactment offers a fascinating, interdisciplinary exploration of this cultural phenomenon. With particular attention to reenactment’s social and pedagogical dimensions, it develops a robust definition of what the practice constitutes, considers what methodological approaches are most appropriate, and places it alongside museums and memorial sites as an object of analysis.

• | Author: Mario Carretero, Brady Wagoner, Everardo Perez-Manjarrez
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1800735405
• | ISBN-13: 9781800735408