The theater of transformation : postmodernism in American drama / Kerstin Schmidt.

The theater of transformation : postmodernism in American drama /

The Theater of Transformation: Postmodernism in American Drama offers a fresh and innovative reading of the contemporary experimental American theater scene and navigates through the contested and contentious relationship between postmodernism and contemporary drama. This book addresses gender and c...

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Main Author: Schmidt, Kerstin, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2005.
Series:Postmodern studies ; 37.
Subjects:
Theater > United States > 20th century.
Postmodernism (Literature) > United States.
American drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • I Introduction: The Postmodern Condition of Drama; Postmodernism, an Assessment for the Theater; The Repoliticization of Postmodernism; Survey of Selected Secondary Studies; II Theorizing Dramatic Form: Aspects of Transformation in Postmodern Drama; II.1 The Postmodern Sense of Self; II.2 The Dramatic Text, Performance, and Postmodern Authorship; II.3 Theatrical Space and Mediatized Culture; III Jean-Claude van Itallie: Mediatized Culture and the Postmodern Self; III.1 Transformative Selves in "Interview"; III.2 "TV": The Screen Takes Over.

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