Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 |
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| Author:
| Bank, Rosemarie K. |
| Contribution by:
| Wilmeth, Don B. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-56387-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $138.00 |
Book Description:
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Theatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 examines how Americans staged their cultures in the decades before the Civil War and advances the idea that cultures are performances which take place both inside and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded conventional ideas of performance as an activity restricted to theatres in order to take up the staging of culture in other venues -- in issues of class, race, and gender, in parades and the visits of dignitaries, in rioting and...
More DescriptionTheatre Culture in America, 1825-1860 examines how Americans staged their cultures in the decades before the Civil War and advances the idea that cultures are performances which take place both inside and outside of playhouses. Americans imaginatively expanded conventional ideas of performance as an activity restricted to theatres in order to take up the staging of culture in other venues -- in issues of class, race, and gender, in parades and the visits of dignitaries, in rioting and the denomination of prostitutes, and in views of the town, the city, and the frontier.