Episode 16: Much Ado About Puppets
Ask a Medievalist
English - September 27, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Summary Puppets are actually a pretty medieval art form–and not just for kids. These puppets do and say things that would have been politically risky for the humans controlling them to say, and also they are real works of art. Join us as we look puppetry traditions of Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Turkey, and Egypt. With …