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- catalog abstract ""In this book Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events. The book moves from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America. In addition to examining theatrical events and play texts, Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12638916.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""In this book Wilmer selects key historical moments in American history and examines how the theatre, in formal and informal settings, responded to these events. The book moves from the Colonial fight for independence, through Native American struggles, the Socialist Worker play, the Civil Rights Movement, and up to works of the last decade, including Tony Kushner's Angels in America. In addition to examining theatrical events and play texts, Wilmer also considers audience reception and critical response."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-266) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- 1. From British colony to independent nation: refashioning identity -- 2. Federalist and Democratic Republican theatre: partisan drama in nationalist trappings -- 3. Independence for whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance -- 4. The role of workers in the nation: the Paterson Strike Pageant -- 5. Staging social rebellion in the 1960s -- 6. Reconfiguring patriarchy: suffragette and feminist plays -- 7. Imaging and deconstructing the multicultural nation in the 1990s.".
- catalog extent "vii, 281 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0521802644".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 15".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "812.009358 21".
- catalog subject "American drama History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic groups in literature.".
- catalog subject "Ethnicity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Group identity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society United States.".
- catalog subject "Minorities in literature.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, American, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and literature United States.".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and literature.".
- catalog subject "PN2226 .W48 2002".
- catalog subject "Social problems in literature.".
- catalog subject "Theater United States History.".
- catalog subject "Theater and society United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- 1. From British colony to independent nation: refashioning identity -- 2. Federalist and Democratic Republican theatre: partisan drama in nationalist trappings -- 3. Independence for whom? American Indians and the Ghost Dance -- 4. The role of workers in the nation: the Paterson Strike Pageant -- 5. Staging social rebellion in the 1960s -- 6. Reconfiguring patriarchy: suffragette and feminist plays -- 7. Imaging and deconstructing the multicultural nation in the 1990s.".
- catalog title "Theatre, society and the nation : staging American identities / S.E. Wilmer.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".