04570nam 2201081 a 450 991097149740332120200520144314.0052105088397805111016940511101694978110713075311071307519780521050883052105088X9781280159404128015940597805111194910511119496978051104152505110415279780511148576051114857797805113258920511325894978051148614205114861469780511047862051104786X2027/heb07562(CKB)1000000000007901(EBL)201691(OCoLC)56317690(SSID)ssj0000257799(PQKBManifestationID)11215234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257799(PQKBWorkID)10253839(PQKB)10161699(UkCbUP)CR9780511486142(Au-PeEL)EBL201691(CaPaEBR)ebr10030945(CaONFJC)MIL15940(MiAaPQ)EBC201691(dli)HEB07562(MiU)MIU01000000000000007381150(EXLCZ)99100000000000790120020212d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTheatre, society, and the nation staging American identities /S.E. Wilmer1st ed.Cambridge, UK ;New York Cambridge University Press20021 online resource (vii, 281 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;15Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0521050883 9780521802642 0521802644 Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index.Introduction -- 1. From British colony to independent nation: refashioning identity -- 2. Federalist and Democratic Republican theatre: partisan drama in nationalist trappings -- 3. Independence for whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance -- 4. The role of workers in the nation: the Paterson Strike Pageant -- 5. Staging social rebellion in the 1960s -- 6. Reconfiguring patriarchy: suffragette and feminist plays -- 7. Imaging and deconstructing the multicultural nation in the 1990s.Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events. The book moves from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America. In addition to examining theatrical events and play texts, Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response.Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;15.American dramaHistory and criticismSocial problems in literatureNational characteristics, American, in literatureNationalism and literatureUnited StatesLiterature and societyUnited StatesTheater and societyUnited StatesTheaterUnited StatesHistoryGroup identity in literatureEthnic groups in literatureMinorities in literatureAmerican dramaHistory and criticism.Social problems in literature.National characteristics, American, in literature.Nationalism and literatureLiterature and societyTheater and societyTheaterHistory.Group identity in literature.Ethnic groups in literature.Minorities in literature.812.009/358Wilmer S. E845482MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971497403321Theatre, society, and the nation1887313UNINA