Title Acts of manhood : the performance of masculinity on the American stage, 1828-1865 / Karl M. Kippola

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 251 pages) : illustrations Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. Contents Act Like a Man: Images and Rhetoric of Reconstructed Manhood * A Glorious Image of Unperverted Manhood: Edwin Forrest as Masculine Ideal * A Masculine Identity Worth Dying For: The Astor Place Riot * Decorum and Delicacy: The Feminized Manliness of Edwin Booth * A Multitude of Masculinities: The Theatrical Spectrum of Manly * Impossibly Genial: The Masculine Transformations of John McCullough Introduction: a new race of men -- Act like a man: images and rhetoric of reconstructed manhood -- A glorious image of unperverted manhood: Edwin Forrest as masculine ideal -- A masculine identity worth dying for: the Astor Place Riot -- Decorum and delicacy: the feminized manliness of Edwin Booth -- Impossibly genial: the masculine transformations of John McCullough conclusion: affirming white masculinity by deriding the Other Summary Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity of Edwin Forrest to the intellectual restraint of Edwin Booth was not a linear journey toward national refinement; but rather, a multitude of masculinities simultaneously fought for dominance and recognition. Actors and audiences mutually constructed manly ideals unique to each splintered group, while simultaneously seeking national identity and communal belonging. Kippola integrates dramas, manly rhetoric, advice literature, and masculine performances on political and theatrical stages to trace fragmenting and competing masculine identities in antebellum America Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Masculinity in the theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century Male actors -- United States Theatre studies -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- USA. Gender studies: men -- c 1800 to c 1900 -- USA. PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General. Performing Arts. Male actors Masculinity in the theater Theater and society United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137068774 1137068779 0230340458 9780230340459 1283588471 9781283588478 9786613900920 6613900923

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