Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860

Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0521033039
ISBN-13 : 9780521033039
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Book Synopsis Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 by : Rosemarie K. Bank

Download or read book Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 written by Rosemarie K. Bank and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 advances the idea that cultures are performances that take place both inside and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded conventional ideas of performance as an activity restricted to theaters in order to take up the staging of culture in other venues--in issues of class, race, and gender, in parades and the visits of dignitaries, in rioting and the denomination of prostitutes, and in the views of the town, the city, and the frontier. Joining up-to-date historical research with a firm and clear-headed grasp of contemporary critical theory, Theatre Culture in America offers a wholly original approach to the complex intersections of American theater and culture.


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