White Waters and Black
Contributors: George B. Schaller (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780226500188
Subjects: Biography: general; Social & cultural anthropology; Travel writing; Travel - Foreign; Travel; Amazon river; Essays & Travelogues; Expeditions & Discoveries; South America; Travel / South America; Special Interest - Adventure; Amazon River Valley; Description and travel; Natural history; Scientific expeditions
First sentence: This is a story of eight white men who propose to bury themselves in the jungles of the Amazon for a period of something between one and two years, depending upon their health, their luck, and their tenacity.
Description: The theatre of early modern England was a disastrous affair. What we tend to remember of the Shakespearean stage and its history are landmark moments of dissolution. This title is a study of these catastrophes and the theory of performance they convey.