| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 281 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 15
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Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 15.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 From British colony to independent nation: refashioning identity; 2 Federalist and Democratic Republican theatre: partisan drama in nationalist trappings; 3 Independence for whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance; 4 The role of workers in the nation The Paterson Strike Pageant; 5 Staging social rebellion in the 1960s; 6 Reconfiguring patriarchy: suffragette and feminist plays; 7 Imaging and deconstructing the multicultural nation in the 1990s; Notes; Select bibliography; Index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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American drama -- History and criticism.
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American drama. |
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Social problems in literature.
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Social problems in literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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Nationalism and literature -- United States.
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Nationalism and literature. |
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United States. |
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Literature and society -- United States.
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Literature and society. |
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Theater and society -- United States.
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Theater and society. |
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Theater -- United States -- History.
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Theater. |
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History. |
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Group identity in literature.
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Group identity in literature. |
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Ethnic groups in literature.
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Ethnic groups in literature. |
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Minorities in literature.
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Minorities in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Theater, society, and the nation |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilmer, S.E. Theatre, society, and the nation. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521802644 (DLC) 2002022276 (OCoLC)50654724 |
| ISBN |
0511041527 (electronic book) |
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9780511041525 (electronic book) |
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051104786X |
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9780511047862 |
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0511119496 (electronic book) |
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9780511119491 (electronic book) |
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0521802644 (hardback) |
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9780521802642 (hardback) |
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052105088X (paperback) |
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9780521050883 (paperback) |
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