Act Like A Man : : Challenging Masculinities in American Drama / / Robert Vorlicky.
"In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Man looks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Bar...
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Vorlicky, Robert, 1950- Act Like A Man : Challenging Masculinities in American Drama / Robert Vorlicky. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1995. ©1995. 1 online resource: illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Description based on print version record. Introduction. Gender, structure, and dialogue -- 1. The American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women -- 2. Silence, violence, and the drama of abuse -- 3. Liberation in confinement -- 4. Realizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization -- Epilogue. Beyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation. "In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Man looks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Baraka, and Rabe as well as new works by Philip Kan Gotanda, Alonzo Lamont, and Robin Swados, to examine how dialogue within these works reflects the social codes of male behavior and inhibits individualization among men. Plays in which women are absent are often characterized by the location of a male "other"--A female presence who distances himself from the dominant, impersonal masculine ethos and thereby becomes a facilitator of personal communication. The potential authority of this figure is so powerful that its presence becomes the primary determinant of the quality of men's interaction and of the range of male subjectivities possible. This formulation becomes the basis of an alternative theory of American dramatic construction, one that challenges traditional dramaturgical notions of realism"--Publisher's description Rôle selon le sexe Dans la litterature. ram Masculinite (psychologie) Dans la litterature. ram Männlichkeit Motiv gnd Drama gnd Sex role in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01114649 Men in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01016054 Masculinity in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst01011040 Male dramatists. fast (OCoLC)fst01006629 Gender identity in literature. fast (OCoLC)fst00939607 American drama. fast (OCoLC)fst00806998 Male dramatists. Men in literature. Sex role in literature. Gender identity in literature. Masculinity in literature. American drama 20th century History and criticism. Critiques litteraires. Literary criticism. Literary criticism. (OCoLC)fst01986215 Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635 USA. swd 0-472-09572-2 0-472-06572-6 |
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Gender, structure, and dialogue -- The American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women -- Silence, violence, and the drama of abuse -- Liberation in confinement -- Realizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization -- Beyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation. |
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Gender, structure, and dialogue -- The American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women -- Silence, violence, and the drama of abuse -- Liberation in confinement -- Realizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization -- Beyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation. |
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