Contemporary American Drama
This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theorical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential plawrights and performance artists such as Ten...
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| Materialtyp: | Livre papier |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2007.
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| Serie: | Edinburgh critical guides to literature
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
Innehållsförteckning:
- P. 1
- Introduction
- P. 17
- Chapter 1, Experimental Innovations After the Second World War.
- P. 40
- Chapter 2, Revisiting the American Dream.
- P. 72
- Chapter 3, African-American Theatre: Voices from the Margins.
- P. 108
- Chapter 4, Avant-Garde Theatre Groups: Revolutions in Performance.
- P. 129
- Chapter 5, Postmodern Presentations: Questioning Boundaries of Representation.
- P. 151
- Chapter 6, The Politics of Identity and Exclusion.
- P. 174
- Chapter 7, Fragmented Representations of American Identity in the Theatre of the Vietnam War.
- P. 190
- Chapter 8, The "NEA Four" and Performance Art: Making Visible the Invisible.