The Image of the Puppet Receives the Nancy Staub Award

Federico Pacchioni’s book The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature, and Film (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) received the Nancy Staub Award for Excellence in Publications on the Art of Puppetry from UNIMA USA. The award honors books, articles, or dissertations that make exemplary contributions to the field of puppetry by documenting important histories, advancing theory or practice, and sharing outstanding research. Reviewers praised the book in striking terms, noting, “This book makes a strong argument for the metaphorical power of the puppet when it appears in different media,” and “This is a terrific read that should appeal both to academics and anyone with a serious interest in puppetry or culture in general.”