ISBN:
0511041527
,
9780511041525
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051104786X
,
9780511047862
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0511119496
,
9780511119491
Language:
English
Pages:
vii, 281 p
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24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama 15
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wilmer, S.E Theatre, society, and the nation
Keywords:
American drama History and criticism.
;
Social problems in literature.
;
National characteristics, American, in literature.
;
Nationalism and literature
;
Literature and society
;
Theater and society
;
Theater History.
;
Group identity in literature.
;
Ethnic groups in literature.
;
Minorities in literature.
;
American drama History and criticism
;
Nationalism and literature United States
;
Literature and society United States
;
Theater and society United States
;
Theater History
;
United States
;
Minorities in literature United States
;
Social problems in literature
;
National characteristics, American, in literature
;
Group identity in literature
;
Ethnic groups in literature
;
Literature and society
;
Theater and society
;
Theater History
;
American drama History and criticism
;
Nationalism and literature
;
Minorities in literature
;
American drama History and criticism.
;
Social problems in literature.
;
National characteristics, American, in literature.
;
Nationalism and literature
;
Literature and society
;
Theater and society
;
Theater History.
;
Group identity in literature.
;
Ethnic groups in literature.
;
Minorities in literature.
;
DRAMA ; American
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American drama
;
Ethnic groups in literature
;
Group identity in literature
;
Literature and society
;
Minorities in literature
;
National characteristics, American, in literature
;
Nationalism and literature
;
Social problems in literature
;
Theater and society
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
History
;
Theater
;
Drama
;
Geschichte
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Nationalbewusstsein
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Nationalcharakter
;
United States
;
USA
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
;
USA
;
Theater
;
Drama
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Geschichte
;
Nationalcharakter
;
USA
;
Theater
;
Drama
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Nationalcharakter
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 From British colony to independent nation: refashioning identity; 2 Federalist and Democratic Republican theatre: partisan drama in nationalist trappings; 3 Independence for whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance; 4 The role of workers in the nation The Paterson Strike Pageant; 5 Staging social rebellion in the 1960s; 6 Reconfiguring patriarchy: suffragette and feminist plays; 7 Imaging and deconstructing the multicultural nation in the 1990s; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Abstract:
Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events, from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
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