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Peering behind the curtain : disability, illness, and the extraordinary body in contemporary theater / / edited by Thomas Fahy and Kimball King



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Titolo: Peering behind the curtain : disability, illness, and the extraordinary body in contemporary theater / / edited by Thomas Fahy and Kimball King Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
Disciplina: 194
Soggetto topico: American drama - 20th century - History and criticism
People with disabilities in literature
Literature and medicine - English-speaking countries - History - 20th century
English drama - 20th century - History and criticism
Abnormalities, Human, in literature
Human body in literature
Diseases in literature
Medicine in literature
Sick in literature
Altri autori: FahyThomas Richard  
KingKimball  
Note generali: First published in 2002 by Routledge.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Peering Behind the Curtain; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; General Editor's Note; Peering behind the Curtain: An Introduction; Part I; Between Two Worlds: The Emerging Aesthetic of the National Theater of the Deaf; ""Better Me Than You"": Children of a Lesser God, Deaf Education, and Paternalism; Violence, Pain, Pleasure: Wit; Making an Art out of Suffering: Bill T. Jones's Uncle Tom; ""It Hurts?"": Afflicted Bodies in Beckett's Drama; Depression-the Undiagnosed Disability in Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother
""Some Unheard-of Thing"": Freaks, Families, and Coming of Age in The Member of the WeddingYoung Doctors Come to See the Elephant Man; Part II; Acting without Limits: Profiles of Three Physically Disabled Performers; Two-Act Play; An Interview with James MacDonald; Balance Is Stillness; Contributors; Index
Sommario/riassunto: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Titolo autorizzato: Peering behind the curtain  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-135-30903-5
1-138-99484-7
0-203-95132-8
1-135-30896-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826049403321
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Serie: Studies in Modern Drama