Performing the Progressive Era: Immigration, Urban Life, and Nationalism on Stage

The American Progressive Era is generally regarded as a dynamic period of political reform and social activism. In this volume, editors bring together scholars in nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatre studies to examine the burst of diverse performance venues and styles of the time, revealing how they shaped national narratives surrounding immigration and urban life.

Summary

The American Progressive Era is generally regarded as a dynamic period of political reform and social activism. In this volume, editors bring together scholars in nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatre studies to examine the burst of diverse performance venues and styles of the time, revealing how they shaped national narratives surrounding immigration and urban life.

Product details

• Assisted by: Max Shulman (Editor), J. Chris Westgate (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781609386474
• ISBN: 978-1-60938-647-4
• No. of pages: 298
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Studies Theatre Hist & Culture; Studies Theatre Hist & Culture; Studies in Theatre History & Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research