LEADER 04286nam 22009372 450 001 9910783162203321 005 20160225095106.0 010 $a0-511-10169-4 010 $a0521050883 010 $a1-107-13075-1 010 $a0-521-05088-X 010 $a1-280-15940-5 010 $a0-511-11949-6 010 $a0-511-04152-7 010 $a0-511-14857-7 010 $a0-511-32589-4 010 $a0-511-48614-6 010 $a0-511-04786-X 024 7 $a2027/heb07562 035 $a(CKB)1000000000007901 035 $a(EBL)201691 035 $a(OCoLC)56317690 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000257799 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215234 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000257799 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10253839 035 $a(PQKB)10161699 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511486142 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL201691 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10030945 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC201691 035 $a(dli)HEB07562 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000007381150 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000007901 100 $a20090226d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTheatre, society, and the nation $estaging American identities /$fS.E. Wilmer$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;$v15 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0521050883 311 $a0-521-80264-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aTheatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events. The book moves from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America. In addition to examining theatrical events and play texts, Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response. 410 0$aCambridge studies in American theatre and drama ;$v15. 517 3 $aTheatre, Society & the Nation 606 $aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSocial problems in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, American, in literature 606 $aNationalism and literature$zUnited States 606 $aLiterature and society$zUnited States 606 $aTheater and society$zUnited States 606 $aTheater$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aGroup identity in literature 606 $aEthnic groups in literature 606 $aMinorities in literature 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSocial problems in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 615 0$aNationalism and literature 615 0$aLiterature and society 615 0$aTheater and society 615 0$aTheater$xHistory. 615 0$aGroup identity in literature. 615 0$aEthnic groups in literature. 615 0$aMinorities in literature. 676 $a812.009/358 700 $aWilmer$b S. E.$0845482 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783162203321 996 $aTheatre, society, and the nation$91887313 997 $aUNINA