LEADER 04228oam 22008414a 450 001 9910735593203321 005 20230731190731.0 010 $a0-472-90420-5 035 $a(CKB)5680000000311806 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_113388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31280420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31280420 035 $a(EXLCZ)995680000000311806 100 $a20100519d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAct Like A Man $eChallenging Masculinities in American Drama /$fRobert Vorlicky 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAnn Arbor :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d1995. 210 4$d©1995. 215 $a1 online resource$cillustrations 311 $a0-472-09572-2 311 $a0-472-06572-6 327 $gIntroduction.$tGender, structure, and dialogue --$g1.$tThe American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women --$g2.$tSilence, violence, and the drama of abuse --$g3.$tLiberation in confinement --$g4.$tRealizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization --$gEpilogue.$tBeyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation. 330 $a"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 description 606 $aRôle selon le sexe$xDans la litterature$2ram 606 $aMasculinité$xDans la litterature$2ram 606 $aMännlichkeit$gMotiv$2gnd 606 $aDrama$2gnd 606 $aSex role in literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01114649 606 $aMen in literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01016054 606 $aMasculinity in literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01011040 606 $aMale dramatists$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01006629 606 $aGender identity in literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00939607 606 $aAmerican drama$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00806998 606 $aMale dramatists 606 $aMen in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aGender identity in literature 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 607 $aUSA$2swd 608 $aCritiques litteraires. 608 $aLiterary criticism. 608 $aLiterary criticism. 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 615 7$aRôle selon le sexe$xDans la litterature. 615 7$aMasculinité$xDans la litterature. 615 7$aMännlichkeit 615 7$aDrama. 615 7$aSex role in literature. 615 7$aMen in literature. 615 7$aMasculinity in literature. 615 7$aMale dramatists. 615 7$aGender identity in literature. 615 7$aAmerican drama. 615 0$aMale dramatists. 615 0$aMen in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aGender identity in literature. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a812/.5409353 700 $aVorlicky$b Robert$f1950-$01379379 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910735593203321 996 $aAct Like A Man$93419003 997 $aUNINA