02738nam 2200601Ia 450 991077759100332120230617042247.01-58729-447-8(CKB)1000000000447535(EBL)859281(OCoLC)775873056(SSID)ssj0000102468(PQKBManifestationID)11126783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102468(PQKBWorkID)10050407(PQKB)10494886(MiAaPQ)EBC859281(OCoLC)646887559(MdBmJHUP)muse12487(Au-PeEL)EBL859281(CaPaEBR)ebr10354424(EXLCZ)99100000000044753520030506d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican theater in the culture of the Cold War[electronic resource] producing and contesting containment, 1947-1962 /Bruce McConachieIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20031 online resource (365 p.)Studies in theatre history & cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-386-2 0-87745-862-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-333) and index.Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Theater of Containment Liberalism; 2 Empty Boys, Queer Others, and Consumerism; 3 Family Circles, Racial Others, and Suburbanization; 4 Fragmented Heroes, Female Others, and the Bomb; Epilogue; Notes; IndexIn this groundbreaking study, Bruce McConachie uses the primary metaphor of containment-what happens when we categorize a play, a television show, or anything we view as having an inside, an outside, and a boundary between the two-as the dominant metaphor of cold war theatergoing. Drawing on the cognitive psychology and linguistics of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, he provides unusual access to the ways in which spectators in the cold war years projected themselves into stage figures that gave them pleasure.McConachie reconstructs these cognitive processes by relyingStudies in theatre history and culture.TheaterUnited StatesHistory20th centuryAmerican drama20th centuryHistory and criticismTheaterHistoryAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.792/.0973792/.0973/0945McConachie Bruce A953113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777591003321American theater in the culture of the Cold War3725050UNINA