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Performing America - Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (Paperback, New edition)
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Performing America - Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
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"Performing America" provides fresh perspectives on the development
of visions of both America and "America"--that is, the actual
community and the constructed concept--on a variety of theatrical
stages. It explores the role of theater in the construction of
American identity, highlighting the tension between the desire to
categorize American identity and the realization that such
categorical uniformity may neither be desirable nor possible.
The topics covered include the links between politics and the stage
during the Federalist period, the appropriation of "Indian"
artifacts, an exploration of early gender roles, and the
metaphorical connections between the theater and western expansion.
Other essays treat vaudeville's artistically colonized cultures;
Chautauqua's attempt to homogenize culture and commercialize
American ideals; W. E. B. Du Bois's pageant, "The Star of
Ethiopia," as a strategy for constructing "African-American" as
"Other" in an attempt to promote a vision of black nationalism; and
how theater was used to help immigrants form a new sense of
community while joining the resident culture.
The collection then turns to questions of how various ethnic
minorities through their recent theatrical work have struggled to
argue their identities, especially in relation to the dominant
white culture. Two final essays offer critiques of contrasting
aspects of the American male.
Throughout, the collection addresses questions of marginality and
community, exclusion and inclusion, colonialism and imperialism,
heterogeneity and homogeneity, conflict and negotiation, repression
and opportunity, failure and success, and, above all, the
relationship of American stages at large.It will appeal to readers
of a wide range of disciplines including history, American culture,
gender studies, and theater studies.
Jeffrey D. Mason is Professor of Theatre, California State
University, Bakersfield. J. Ellen Gainor is Associate Professor of
Theatre Studies and Women's Studies, Cornell University.
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