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Author Chinn, Sarah E., author.

Title Spectacular men : race, gender, and nation on the early American stage / Sarah E. Chinn
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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Contents Introduction: "advancing the interests of private and political virtue": the stakes of the early American stage -- "The imitation of life": how men act -- American actors/acting American -- "O patriotism!/ thou wond'rous principle of God-like action!": the changing meanings of the Revolution -- Love and death: staging indigenous masculinity -- Tyrants, republicans, and rebels: performing Roman masculinities -- Epilogue: from sons of liberty to wage slaves
Summary In Spectacular Men, Sarah E. Chinn investigates how working class white men looked to the early American theatre for examples of ideal manhood. Spectacular Men places the theatre at the center of the self-creation of working white men, as voters, as workers, and as Americans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 07, 2017)
SUBJECT Weise, ... gnd
Subject Theater -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism
Masculinity in the theater -- United States -- History
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
American drama
Masculinity in the theater
Theater
Theater
Drama
Zuschauer
Vorbild
Identität
Männlichkeit
Nationalbewusstsein
Patriotismus
Arbeiterklasse
Theater -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Masculinity in the theater -- United States -- History.
United States
USA
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016049094
ISBN 9780190653682
019065368X
9780190653705
0190653701