Mendel¿s Theatre

Heredity, Eugenics, and Early Twentieth-Century American Drama
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-37946-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Mendel's Theatre offers a new way of thinking about early twentieth-century American drama by uncovering the rich convergence of heredity theory, the American eugenics movement, and innovative modern drama from the 1890s to 1930.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolff, T.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Predecessors: Ibsen, Strindberg, Shaw, Brieux, and Heredity From Peas To People:  Theatre and the American Eugenics Movement Experimental Breeding Ground: Susan Glaspell, Mutation, Maternity, and The Verge Branching out From the Family Tree: Bloodlines and Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude A Genealogy of American Theatre: Show Boat, Angelina Weld Grimké's Rachel, and the Black Body

Über Autor(innen)

TAMSEN WOLFF is Assistant Professor of English at Princeton University, USA.