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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Colonialism -- 1. Setting the Stage: Performing War and Empire for the New US Century -- pt. II Religion, Race, and Ethnicity -- 2. Pan-American Exposition and Tragedy Onstage -- Critical Perspective -- Owning Up: Controlling and Defining Jewish Identity on the Early Twentieth-Century American Stage / Stuart J. Hecht -- pt. III Gender and Sexuality -- 3. Gendered Spaces: Law and Justice in Susan Glaspell's Trifles -- Critical Perspective -- Sex on Broadway: Mae West and the Wales Padlock Law / Susan C.W. Abbotson -- pt. IV Economic Systems and Systems of Government -- 4. New Approach to Revolution: Artef and Hirsch Leckert in the Third Period -- Critical Perspective -- The Theatre of War: The Rise of Fascism and Diversionary, Anti-War, and Interventionist Theatre / James Fisher -- 5. Salesman and the 1930s Theatres of Social Protest |
| Summary |
Stages of Engagement is a compelling and wonderfully varied account of the relationship between theatre in the United States and the social, cultural, and political forces that shaped it during one of the most formative periods in the nation's history. Joshua E. Polster applies key thematic perspectives - Colonialism, Religion, Race and Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality, Economic Systems, and Systems of Government - to seminal moments in US history. In doing so he explores the ways in which the theatre has responded to these turning points, through the work of some of its principal dramatists, directors, designers, and theatre companies. His approach tackles questions such as: How did the plays of this period reflect the nation's concerns and anxieties? How did theatre, culture, and politics interconnect as the United States took to the world stage? Which critical viewpoints are most useful to us when examining these cultural phenomena? How did performances and productions attempt to influence their audiences' social and civic engagment? On its own, or in tandem with its companion volume The Routledge Anthology of US Drama 1898-1949, this is the ideal text for any course in US Theatre. By examining each cultural moment from a range of critical perspectives and drawing upon a diverse range of sources, it is designed specifically for today's interdisciplinary and multicultural curriculum. -- from back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 21, 2015) |
| Subject |
Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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American drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Social problems in literature.
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Politics in literature.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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American drama
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Politics in literature
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Social problems in literature
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Theater and society
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United States
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317358732 |
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1317358732 |
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9781315667645 |
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1315667649 |
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