Fitzsimmons Frey, HeatherSchweitzer, Marlis2023-02-062023-02-062022Fitzsimmons Frey, H., & Schweitzer, M. (2022). Reenacting the past. In L. De Cunzo & C. Roeber (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Material Culture Studies (Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology, pp. 205-235). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108622639.010https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2966This chapter explores cultural practices of reenacting the past in the present. How have understandings of reenactment, embodiment, and lived experience shaped, constrained, and misdirected interpretations of people’s actions in the present that purposefully reference the past? What is the state of this scholarship? What are the principal critiques and new directions?enAll Rights Reservedreenactmentcostumeperformanceembodimentnew materialismsensory studiesauthenticityracismBook Chapterhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108622639.010