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UNINA9910826049403321 |
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Titolo |
Peering behind the curtain : disability, illness, and the extraordinary body in contemporary theater / / edited by Thomas Fahy and Kimball King |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-30903-5 |
1-138-99484-7 |
0-203-95132-8 |
1-135-30896-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FahyThomas Richard |
KingKimball |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
People with disabilities in literature |
Literature and medicine - English-speaking countries - History - 20th century |
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism |
Abnormalities, Human, in literature |
Human body in literature |
Diseases in literature |
Medicine in literature |
Sick in literature |
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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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First published in 2002 by Routledge. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Peering Behind the Curtain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Note; Peering behind the Curtain: An Introduction; Part I; Between Two Worlds: The Emerging Aesthetic of the National Theater of the Deaf; ""Better Me Than You"": Children of a Lesser God, Deaf Education, and Paternalism; Violence, Pain, Pleasure: Wit; Making an Art out of Suffering: Bill T. Jones's Uncle Tom; ""It Hurts?"": Afflicted Bodies in Beckett's Drama; Depression-the Undiagnosed Disability in Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother |
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""Some Unheard-of Thing"": Freaks, Families, and Coming of Age in The Member of the WeddingYoung Doctors Come to See the Elephant Man; Part II; Acting without Limits: Profiles of Three Physically Disabled Performers; Two-Act Play; An Interview with James MacDonald; Balance Is Stillness; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
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