Description |
xiii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
Studies in modern drama ; v. 18 |
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Studies in modern drama ; v. 18
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Contents |
General Editor's Note / Kimball King -- Peering behind the Curtain: An Introduction / Thomas Fahy -- Between Two Worlds: The Emerging Aesthetic of the National Theater of the Deaf / Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren -- "Better Me Than You": Children of a Lesser God, Deaf Education, and Paternalism / Robert C. Spirko -- Violence, Pain, Pleasure: Wit / Pamela Cooper -- Making an Art out of Suffering: Bill T. Jones's Uncle Tom / Tess Chakkalakal -- "It Hurts?": Afflicted Bodies in Beckett's Drama / Ruby Cohn -- Depression - the Undiagnosed Disability in Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother / Sarah Reuning -- "Some Unheard-of Thing": Freaks, Families, and Coming of Age in The Member of the Wedding / Thomas Fahy -- Young Doctors Come to See the Elephant Man / Johanna Shapiro -- Acting without Limits: Profiles of Three Physically Disabled Performers / Lilah F. Morris -- Two-Act Play / Nancy Bezant -- An Interview with James MacDonald / Thomas Fahy -- Balance Is Stillness: A Play / James MacDonald |
Summary |
A collection of thirteen essays discussing the impact of disabled actors in theater and film |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Human body in literature.
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Literature and medicine -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century.
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Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Diseases in literature.
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English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Medicine in literature.
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People with disabilities in literature.
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Sick in literature.
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Drama.
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Human Body.
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Disabled Persons.
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Literature, Modern.
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Medicine in Literature.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Author |
King, Kimball.
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Fahy, Thomas Richard.
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LC no. |
2001048571 |
ISBN |
0415929970 acid-free paper |
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