02516oam 2200673 a 450 991082460770332120161228115003.0978128394160012839416009780472028894047202889810.3998/mpub.4993455(CKB)2670000000330403(EBL)3415116(SSID)ssj0000804865(PQKBManifestationID)11956262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804865(PQKBWorkID)10823479(PQKB)10492722(MiAaPQ)EBC3415116(OCoLC)826660100(MdBmJHUP)muse25640(MiU)10.3998/mpub.4993455(EXLCZ)99267000000033040320120921d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpectacles of reform theater and activism in nineteenth-century America /Amy E. Hughes1st ed.Ann Arbor :University of Michigan Press,c2012.1 online resource (261 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780472118625 0472118625 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.The body as/in/at the spectacle -- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard -- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin -- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight -- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks.Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s.TheaterUnited StatesHistory19th centuryTheater and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican drama19th centuryHistory and criticismSpectacular, The, in literatureSpectacular, TheHistory19th centuryTheaterHistoryTheater and societyHistoryAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.Spectacular, The, in literature.Spectacular, TheHistory792.0973/09034Hughes Amy1702657Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910824607703321Spectacles of reform4087356UNINA