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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450423603321

Titolo

Captive audience : prison and captivity in contemporary theater / / edited by Thomas Fahy and Kimball King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-88894-9

1-135-88895-7

0-415-76258-8

1-280-04794-1

0-203-49485-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Studies in modern drama ; ; 19

Altri autori (Persone)

FahyThomas Richard

KingKimball

Disciplina

809.2/9355

809.29355

Soggetti

Drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Prisons in literature

Prisoners in literature

Imprisonment in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; General Editor's Note; CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: AN INTRODUCTION; THE CONFESSIONAL VOICE: MEDEA'S BRUTAL IMAGINATION; EMOTIONAL CONTRABAND: PRISON AS METAPHOR AND MEANINGIN U.S. LATINA DRAMA; SEEING ETHNICITY: THE IMPACT OF RACE AND CLASS ON THE CRITICAL RECEPTION OF MIGUEL PIERO'S SHORT EYES; ON PRISONS IN THE UNITED STATES: EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH DELIVERED TO THE CONFEDERATION OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, LONDON, 25 JUNE 1999; HAROLD PINTER'S PRISON HOUSE: THE SCREENPLAY OF KAFKA'S THE TRIAL; HAROLD PINTER'S THE HANDMAID'S TALE: FREEDOM, PRISON, AND A HIJACKED SCRIPT

~A WORLD OF BODIES~: PERFORMING FLESH IN MARAT/SADETHE DISPOSAL: WILLIAM INGE'S ABJECT DRAMA; ~IN DARK CORNERS~:



MASCULINITY AND ART IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS'S NOTABOUT NIGHTINGALES; PHYSICAL PRISONS: NAOMI WALLACE'S DRAMA OF CAPTIVITY; NO EXIT AND WAITING FOR GODOT: PERFORMANCES IN CONTRAST; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This all-new collection examines the social, gendered, ethnic, and cultural problems of incarceration as explored in contemporary theatre.