Theatre, society, and the nation : staging American identities

Theatre, society, and the nation : staging American identities /

Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events, from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works...

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Main Author: Wilmer, S. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002
Series:Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 15.
Subjects:
American drama > History and criticism.
Social problems in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Nationalism and literature > United States.
Literature and society > United States.
Theater and society > United States.
Theater > United States > History.
Group identity in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Minorities in literature.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events, from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 281 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index.
ISBN:0511041527
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9781280159404
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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