ISBN:
052184746X
,
9780521847469
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 392 p. S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office 2011 Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Electronic text and image data Mode of access: Intranet
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama 22
Series Statement:
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Parallel Title:
Print version Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic
DDC:
306.4/84
Keywords:
Theater and society
;
Theater History 18th century
;
National characteristics, American
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-383) and index
Abstract:
Drama, Theatre, and Identity in the American New Republic explores how theatre both reflects and shapes the question of identity in post-revolutionary American culture. Richards investigates the ways in which American theatre and playwrights struggled with representing national, cultural, and ethnic details for American audiences
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 American identities and the transatlantic stage; Part I Staging revolution at the margins of celebration; Part II Coloring identities: race, religion, and the exotic; Part III Theatre, culture, and reflected identity; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-383) and index
,
Electronic text and image data Mode of access: Intranet
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