Theatre, society, and the nation : staging American identities / S.E. Wilmer.

Call Number	812.009/358
Author	Wilmer, S. E., author.
Title	Theatre, society, and the nation : staging American identities / S.E. Wilmer. Theatre, Society & the Nation
Physical Description	1 online resource (vii, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series	Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama ; 15
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	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.
Summary	Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve 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.
Subject	American drama History and criticism. SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN LITERATURE. National characteristics, American, in literature. Nationalism and literature United States. Literature and society United States. Theater and society United States. Theater United States History. Group identity in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Minorities in literature.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486142

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Summary	Theatre has often served as a touchstone for moments of political change or national definition and as a way of exploring cultural and ethnic identity. In this book Steve 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.
Notes	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents	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.
Subject	American drama History and criticism. SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN LITERATURE. National characteristics, American, in literature. Nationalism and literature United States. Literature and society United States. Theater and society United States. Theater United States History. Group identity in literature. Ethnic groups in literature. Minorities in literature.
Multimedia	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511486142