TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barbara Ozieblo
AU  - María Dolores Narbona-Carrión
PY  - 2012
CY  - Bruxelles, Belgium
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1376-3199
SN  - 9783035261875
TI  - Codifying the National Self
T2  - Spectators, Actors and the American Dramatic Text
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0352-6187-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043906
N2  - Theater has always been the site of visionary hopes for a reformed national future and a space for propagating ideas, both cultural and political, and such a conceptualization of the histrionic art is all the more valuable in the post-9/11 era. The essays in this volume address the concept of «Americanness» and the perceptions of the «alien» – as ethnic, class or gendered minorities – as dealt with in the work of American playwrights from Anna Cora Mowatt, through Rachel Crothers or Susan Glaspell, and on to Sam Shepard, David Mamet, Nilo Cruz or Wallace Shawn. The authors of the essays come from a multi-national university background that includes the United States, the United Arab Emirates and various countries of the European Community. In recognition of the multiple components of drama, the essays for the volume were selected in order to exemplify different aspects and theories of theater studies: the playwright, the play, the audience and the actor are all examined as part of the theatrical experience that serves to formulate American national identity.
KW  - Nationalbewusstsein (Motiv), Geschichte 1900-2004, Kongress, Theater, Americanness, American playwright, Theater study, Malaga (2004), Drama, USA
LA  - English
ER  -