The politics of gender in early American theater : revolutionary dramatists and theatrical practices / Leopold Lippert, Ralph J. Poole (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lippert, Leopold, editor.

Poole, Ralph J., 1964- editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 31.

American culture studies, 2747-4372 ; volume 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--United States--History--19th century.

Theater.

Theater--United States--History--20th century.

Theater and society--United States.

Theater and society.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Transcript, [2021]

Summary:

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the American theater emerged as a crucial cultural space for debates around gender stereotypes, gendered conduct, sexual desire, the politics of intimacy and domesticity, female authorship, as well as the complex intersections of gender and other markers of cultural difference, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, age, or nation. This collection explores the role of gender in the formation of American theatrical culture in this period. It features essays on well-known early American dramatists such as Susanna Rowson or Judith Sargent Murray, but also sheds light on anonymous authors and more obscure theatrical practices.

Contents:

Introduction

The Male Stage

Liminal Spaces

Partisan Allegories of Race and Desire

American Theater and the Quest for a Republican Identity

The Theatricality of Sexual Difference in Late-Eighteenth-Century America

Sowing the Seeds of Virtue

Porous Spheres in Time of War

"O'er us, rovers free".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

PDF version

ISBN:

9783837652536

383765253X

OCLC:

1298543281

Publisher Number:

9783837652536