American Playwriting and the Anti-Political Prejudice

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Perspectives
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-49372-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 193 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2631 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Twenty years after Tony Kushner's influential Angels in America seemed to declare a revitalized potency for the popular political play, there is a "No Politics" prejudice undermining US production and writing. This book explores the largely unrecognized cultural patterns that discourage political playwriting on the contemporary American stage.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pressley, N.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. No Politics, Please, We're American 1. "Politics" 2. The Case of Kushner 3. Reception and the Anti-Political Prejudice in America 4. State of the Nation: UK and US 5. American Shenanigans 6. Wendy Wasserstein's Washington 7. Erasing the Playwright Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Nelson Pressley recently received his PhD from the University of Maryland.