Act Like A Man : Challenging Masculinities in American Drama /
"In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Man looks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Bar...
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
1995.
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Obsah:
- Introduction. Gender, structure, and dialogue
- 1. The American masculine ethos, male mythologies, and absent women
- 2. Silence, violence, and the drama of abuse
- 3. Liberation in confinement
- 4. Realizing freedom : risk, responsibility, and individualization
- Epilogue. Beyond power plays : men, sexism, feminism, and representation.