Performance in America - Contemporary U.s. Culture and the Performing Arts

Informationen zum Autor David Román Klappentext Argues for the centrality of theater and performance in the American national imaginary. Zusammenfassung Argues for the centrality of theatre and performance in the American national imaginary Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Here and Now 1 1. Not About AIDS 49 2. Visa Denied: Chay Yew's Theatre of Immigration and the Performance of Asian American History 78 3. Latino Genealogies: Broadway and Beyond — the Case of John Leguizamo 109 4. Archival Drags; or, the Afterlife of Performance 137 5. Cabaret as Cultural History: Popular Song and Public Performance in America 179 6. Tragedy and the Performing Arts in the Wake of September 11, 2001 226 Afterword: The Time of Your Life 281 Notes 311 Bibliography 333 Index 345

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Roman, ROMAN, David Roman, David Román
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.11.2005
• EAN: 9780822336754
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3675-4
• Pagine: 376
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe; Perverse Modernities; Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halbertam and Lisa Lowe; Perverse Modernities: A Series Edited by Jack Halberstam and Lisa Lowe; Perverse Modernities: A Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Untersuchungen zu Homosexualität / LGBTQ, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Andere darstellende Künste