Antitheatricality and the Body Public / / Lisa A. Freeman

• Autore: Freeman Lisa A.
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pa. : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 pages)
• Disciplina: 792.013
• Soggetto topico: Theater - Moral and ethical aspects
• Soggetto geografico: United States; Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: History; Case studies; Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: Cultural Studies; Literature
• Note generali: Description based on print version of record
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction. Antitheatricality and the Body Public; Chapter 1. In the "Publike" Theater of William Prynne's Histrio-Mastix; Chapter 2. Political Allegiances and Bodies Public: Jeremy Collier's A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage; Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Bodies Public: Scotland's Douglas Controversy; Chapter 4. Cultivating a Christian Body Public: The Richmond Theater Fire; Chapter 5. Adjudicating Bodies Public in NEA v. Finley; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: In an exploration of antitheatrical incidents from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, Lisa A. Freeman demonstrates that at the heart of antitheatrical disputes lies a struggle over the character of the body politic that governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to represent that nation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Antitheatricality and the Body Public
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822084603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Haney Foundation series.