Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 examines how Americans staged
their cultures in the decades before the Civil War, and advances
the idea that cultures are performances that take place both inside
and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded
conventional ideas of performance as an activity restricted to
theatres in order to take up the staging of culture in other
venues: in issues of class, race, and gender, in parades and the
visits of dignitaries, in rioting and the denomination of
prostitutes, and in views of the town, the city, and the frontier.
Joining up-to-date historical research with a firm and clear-headed
grasp of contemporary critical theory, Theatre Culture in America
offers a wholly original approach to the complex intersections of
American theatre and culture.
General
Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama |
Release date: |
February 2007 |
First published: |
1997 |
Authors: |
Rosemarie K. Bank
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Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
308 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-521-03303-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
General
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LSN: |
0-521-03303-9 |
Barcode: |
9780521033039 |
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