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Performing America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theater (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance) by Jeffrey D. Mason; J. Ellen Gainor; Tiffany Ana Lpez; Alice Rayner; David Savran; Ginger Strand; Rosemarie K. Bank; Kim Marra; Leigh Woods; David Krasner; Ann Larabee; Josephine Lee; Harry J. Elam Jr.; Robert H. Vorlicky; Charlotte Canning is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Performing America provides fresh perspectives on the development of visions of both America and'America'--that is, the actual community and the constructed concept--on a variety of theatrical stages. It explores the role of theater in the construction of American identity, highlighting the tension between the desire to categorize American identity and the realization that such categorical uniformity may neither be desirable nor possible. The topics covered include the links between politics and the stage during the Federalist period, the appropriation of'Indian'artifacts, an exploration of early gender roles, and the metaphorical connections between the theater and western expansion. Other essays treat vaudeville's artistically colonized cultures; Chautauqua's attempt to homogenize culture and commercialize American ideals; W. E. B. Du Bois's pageant, The Star of Ethiopia, as a strategy for constructing'African-American'as'Other'in an attempt to promote a vision of black nationalism; and how theater was used to help immigrants form a new sense of community while joining the resident culture. The collection then turns to questions of how various ethnic minorities through their rece

Author

Jeffrey D. Mason; J. Ellen Gainor; Tiffany Ana Lpez; Alice Rayner; David Savran; Ginger Strand; Rosemarie K. Bank; Kim Marra; Leigh Woods; David Krasner; Ann Larabee; Josephine Lee; Harry J. Elam Jr.; Robert H. Vorlicky; Charlotte Canning

Publisher

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780472109852

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Performing Arts

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14