04257oam 22008414a 450 991073559320332120230731190731.00-472-90420-5(CKB)5680000000311806(MdBmJHUP)musev2_113388(MiAaPQ)EBC31280420(Au-PeEL)EBL31280420(EXLCZ)99568000000031180620100519d1995 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAct Like A Man Challenging Masculinities in American Drama /Robert Vorlicky1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,1995.©1995.1 online resourceillustrations0-472-09572-2 0-472-06572-6 Introduction.Gender, structure, and dialogue --1.The American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women --2.Silence, violence, and the drama of abuse --3.Liberation in confinement --4.Realizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization --Epilogue.Beyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation."In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Man looks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Baraka, and Rabe as well as new works by Philip Kan Gotanda, Alonzo Lamont, and Robin Swados, to examine how dialogue within these works reflects the social codes of male behavior and inhibits individualization among men. Plays in which women are absent are often characterized by the location of a male "other"--A female presence who distances himself from the dominant, impersonal masculine ethos and thereby becomes a facilitator of personal communication. The potential authority of this figure is so powerful that its presence becomes the primary determinant of the quality of men's interaction and of the range of male subjectivities possible. This formulation becomes the basis of an alternative theory of American dramatic construction, one that challenges traditional dramaturgical notions of realism"--Publisher's descriptionRôle selon le sexeDans la litteratureramMasculinite (psychologie)Dans la litteratureramMännlichkeitMotivgndDramagndSex role in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01114649Men in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01016054Masculinity in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst01011040Male dramatistsfast(OCoLC)fst01006629Gender identity in literaturefast(OCoLC)fst00939607American dramafast(OCoLC)fst00806998Male dramatistsMen in literatureSex role in literatureGender identity in literatureMasculinity in literatureAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismUSAswdCritiques litteraires.Literary criticism.Literary criticism.Criticism, interpretation, etc.Rôle selon le sexeDans la litterature.Masculinite (psychologie)Dans la litterature.MännlichkeitDramaSex role in literature.Men in literature.Masculinity in literature.Male dramatists.Gender identity in literature.American drama.Male dramatists.Men in literature.Sex role in literature.Gender identity in literature.Masculinity in literature.American dramaHistory and criticism.812/.5409353Vorlicky Robert1950-1379379MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910735593203321Act Like A Man3419003UNINA