K. Kippola
Palgrave Macmillan US
e druk, 2012
9780230340459
Acts of Manhood
The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US |
2012
ISBN13: 9780230340459
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230340459
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US
Inhoudsopgave
Act Like a Man: Images and Rhetoric of Reconstructed Manhood A Glorious Image of Unperverted Manhood: Edwin Forrest as Masculine Ideal A Masculine Identity Worth Dying For: The Astor Place Riot Decorum and Delicacy: The Feminized Manliness of Edwin Booth Impossibly Genial: The Masculine Transformations of John McCullough Conclusion: Affirming White Masculinity by Deriding the Other