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Informationen zum Autor Arthur Holmberg is Associate Professor of Dramatic Literature, Theatre History, and Performance Theory at Brandeis University, and is the Literary Director of the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard. He was the US editor for The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, and he has also edited The Lively ART: Reflections on Twenty Years of the American Repertory Theatre. He is the author of The Theatre of Robert Wilson. His articles on theatre, film and music have appeared in many publications including the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post and Modern Drama. Holmberg served as resident dramaturg at the ART, where he worked with artists including Robert Wilson, Philip Glass and David Mamet. Klappentext What does it mean to be an American man? Holmberg demonstrates how David Mamet's plays explore complex issues of masculinity. Zusammenfassung Through the gangsters! businessmen! soldiers! sailors! athletes! frontiersmen and thugs he created! David Mamet celebrates and criticizes American macho. Presenting close readings of Mamet's plays! this book demonstrates how the playwright addresses complex issues of masculinity and provides revealing insights into the masculine malaise. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Enter the cowboy; 2. Mamet and American macho; 3. Mothers and masculinity; 4. Act like a man: the boy culture; 5. Mamet's pants; Bibliography.
