LEADER 03450nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910784877403321 005 20230721030802.0 010 $a1-281-08926-5 010 $a1-78034-348-5 010 $a9786611089269 010 $a0-7486-3066-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748630660 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403148 035 $a(EBL)320442 035 $a(OCoLC)476117770 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11139103 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10078539 035 $a(PQKB)11195604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC320442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL320442 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10650690 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL108926 035 $a(OCoLC)182580168 035 $a(DE-B1597)615698 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748630660 035 $a(OCoLC)1302165964 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403148 100 $a20080519d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContemporary American drama$b[electronic resource] /$fAnnette J. Saddik 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 0 $aEdinburgh Critical Guides to Literature : ECGL 225 0$aEdinburgh critical guides to literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-2493-7 320 $aIncludes bibliography (p. 215-221) and index. 327 $aCOVER; CONTENTS; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; 1 Experimental Innovations After the Second World War; 2 Revisiting the American Dream; 3 African-American Theatre: Voices from the Margins; 4 Avant-Garde Theatre Groups: Revolutions in Performance; 5 Postmodern Presentations: Questioning Boundaries of Representation; 6 The Politics of Identity and Exclusion; 7 Fragmented Representations of American Identity in the Theatre of the Vietnam War; 8 The 'NEA Four' and Performance Art: Making Visible the Invisible; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index 330 $aThis book explores the development of contemporary theatre in the United States in its historical, political and theoretical dimensions. It focuses on representative plays and performance texts that experiment with form and content, discussing influential playwrights and performance artists such as Tennessee Williams, Adrienne Kennedy, Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Charles Ludlum, Anna Deavere Smith, Karen Finley and Will Power, alongside avant-garde theatre groups. Saddik traces the development of contemporary drama since 1945, and discusses the cross-cultural impact of postwar British and Europ 410 0$aEdinburgh Critical Guides 606 $aAmerican drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican drama$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aTheater$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a812.5409 700 $aSaddik$b Annette J.$f1966-$01473690 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784877403321 996 $aContemporary American drama$93686949 997 $aUNINA