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F*ck the army! : how soldiers and civilians staged the GI movement to end the Vietnam War / Lindsay Goss.

Van Pelt Library PN2297.F695 G67 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Goss, Lindsay (College teacher), author.
Series:
Performance and American cultures
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Free Theater Associates--History.
Free Theater Associates.
American drama--20th century--History and criticism.
American drama.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.
Literature and society.
Theater and society--United States--History--20th century.
Theater and society.
War and literature.
United States.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Physical Description:
227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Other Title:
Fuck the army!
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, [2024]
Summary:
"F*ck the Army! resurrects the history of the FTA, an antiwar variety show led by Jane Fonda in 1971, building a new theory of revolutionary activism out of the theatrical acts of solidarity and resistance that soldiers and civilians performed together, on stage and off, as they sought to end the U.S. war in Vietnam by connecting struggles for liberation across the lines of race, gender, and nationality"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Seeing the antiwar soldier
Staging the movement
Say it! solidarity without guarantees
Enlisted audiences and emancipated spectators
The actor and the activist.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Goss, Lindsay. F*ck the army!
ISBN:
9781479821846
1479821845
9781479821860
1479821861
OCLC:
1400971828

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