K. Blatanis on I. Saal’s New Deal Theater

Saal, Ilka. New Deal Theater: The Vernacular Tradition in American Political Theater. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. 232. ISBN 1-4039-7801-8Ilka Saal discusses the particular qualities of a distinctive American model of political theater that she defines by the term “vernacular.” The autho...

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Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: European journal of American studies 2022
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:Saal, Ilka. New Deal Theater: The Vernacular Tradition in American Political Theater. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. 232. ISBN 1-4039-7801-8Ilka Saal discusses the particular qualities of a distinctive American model of political theater that she defines by the term “vernacular.” The author traces this vernacular tradition from the moments of its original conception and sufficient practice on New Deal stages, throughout the 1930s, to phases of interesting redefinition its dynamics u...