The Politics of Gender in Early American Theater : : Revolutionary Dramatists and Theatrical Practices / / ed. by Leopold Lippert, Ralph J. Poole.

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...

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Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:American Culture Studies ; 31
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
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” --
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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.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783839452530
9783110738230
9783110767001
9783110992809
9783110992816
9783110993899
9783110994810
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DOI:10.1515/9783839452530?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Leopold Lippert, Ralph J. Poole.