Spectacles of Reform : Theater and Activism in Nineteenth-Century America /

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Explores how and why spectacle is a crucial component of the reform apparatus and a defining characteristic of American activism in general, whether highly organized or quietly quotidian. It advocates for a consideration of spectacle as methodology : a unique system of communication, employed in myr...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hughes, Amy (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Theater and society.
Theater.
Spectacular, The, in literature.
Spectacular, The.
American drama.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Spectaculaire > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Spectaculaire dans la litterature.
Theâtre americain > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Theâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Spectacular, The > History > 19th century.
American drama > 19th century > History and criticism.
Theater and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Theater > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Explores how and why spectacle is a crucial component of the reform apparatus and a defining characteristic of American activism in general, whether highly organized or quietly quotidian. It advocates for a consideration of spectacle as methodology : a unique system of communication, employed in myriad context, that rehearses and sustains conceptions of race, gender and class in extremely powerful ways. Spectacle capitalizes on the sensational and the profane, embracing what is deliberately hidden or secretly imagined and giving it material form.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (260 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780472028894

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