The National Stage - Theatre and Cultural Legitimation in England, France, and America (Paperback, 73rd ed.)

The idea of staging a nation dates from the Enlightenment, but the full force of the idea emerges only with the rise of mass politics. Comparing English, French, and American attempts to establish national theatres at moments of political crisis--from the challenge of socialism in late nineteenth-century Europe to the struggle to "salvage democracy" in Depression America--Kruger poses a fundamental question: in the formation of nationhood, is the citizen-audience spectator or participant?
"The National Stage" answers this question by tracing the relation between theatre institution and public sphere in the discourses of national identity in Britain, France, and the United States. Exploring the boundaries between history and theory, text and performance, this book speaks to theatre and social historians as well as those interested in the theoretical range of cultural studies.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1992
First published:	August 1992
Authors:	Loren Kruger
Dimensions:	218 x 168 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	73rd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-45497-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General
LSN:	0-226-45497-5
Barcode:	9780226454979

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