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Codifying the National Self
Bárbara Ozieblo
María Dolores Narbona-Carrión
其他書名
Spectators, Actors, and the American Dramatic Text
出版
Peter Lang
, 2006
主題
Drama / General
Drama / American / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / American / General
Literary Criticism / Drama
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Culture, Race & Ethnicity
Performing Arts / Theater / General
Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
9052010285
9789052010281
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=lvKqWCy-0aUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Theater has always been the site of visionary hopes for a reformed national future and a space for propagating ideas, both cultural and political, and such a conceptualization of the histrionic art is all the more valuable in the post-9/11 era. The essays in this volume address the concept of «Americanness» and the perceptions of the «alien» - as ethnic, class or gendered minorities - as dealt with in the work of American playwrights from Anna Cora Mowatt, through Rachel Crothers or Susan Glaspell, and on to Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Nilo Cruz or Wallace Shawn. The authors of the essays come from a multi-national university background that includes the United States, the United Arab Emirates and various countries of the European Community. In recognition of the multiple components of drama, the essays for the volume were selected in order to exemplify different aspects and theories of theater studies: the playwright, the play, the audience and the actor are all examined as part of the theatrical experience that serves to formulate American national identity.