Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / / Amy E. Hughes
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| Autore: |
Hughes Amy
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| Titolo: |
Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / / Amy E. Hughes
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 792.0973/09034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Theater - United States - History - 19th century |
| Theater and society - United States - History - 19th century | |
| American drama - 19th century - History and criticism | |
| Spectacular, The, in literature | |
| Spectacular, The - History - 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The body as/in/at the spectacle -- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard -- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin -- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight -- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Reveals the crucial role that spectacle played in American activism and reform movements in the 1800s. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Spectacles of reform |
| ISBN: | 9781283941600 |
| 1283941600 | |
| 9780472028894 | |
| 0472028898 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910824607703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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