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Saddik Annette J. <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Contemporary American drama [[electronic resource] /] / Annette J. Saddik |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-08926-5 |
1-78034-348-5 |
9786611089269 |
0-7486-3066-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh critical guides to literature |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
American drama - 21st century - History and criticism |
Theater - United States - History - 20th century |
Theater - United States - History - 21st century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography (p. 215-221) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; CONTENTS; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1 Experimental Innovations After the Second World War; 2 Revisiting the American Dream; 3 African-American Theatre: Voices from the Margins; 4 Avant-Garde Theatre Groups: Revolutions in Performance; 5 Postmodern Presentations: Questioning Boundaries of Representation; 6 The Politics of Identity and Exclusion; 7 Fragmented Representations of American Identity in the Theatre of the Vietnam War; 8 The 'NEA Four' and Performance Art: Making Visible the Invisible; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. |
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