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This timely and accessible book explores the shifting
representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and
performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and
recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual
deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men
teachers, Wilson shines the spotlight on both well-known and
nearly-forgotten plays. The analysis draws on a range of scholars
from cultural and gender studies, queer theory, and critical race
discourses to consider teacher characters within notable education
movements and periods of political upheaval. Richly illustrated,
the book will appeal to theatre scholars and general readers as it
delves into plays and performances that reflect cultural fears,
desires, and fetishistic fantasies associated with educators. In
the process, the scrutiny on the array of characters may help
illuminate current attacks on real-life teachers while providing
meaningful opportunities for intervention in the ongoing education
wars.
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