From Class to Caste in American Drama: Political and Social Themes Since the 1930sBloomsbury Academic, 21.03.1991 - 301 Seiten The American political theatre from the Depression to the present is the subject of this unique new study. Richard Scharine examines issues that shaped the development of the United States during this period, as they were portrayed in selected American plays first produced between 1933 and 1985. Drawing upon fifty years of social, political, and theatrical history, he provides an understanding of the events, ideas, and emotional matrices out of which the plays were born, as well as offering an analysis of human documents that are a reflection of the political events of a time. Along the way, Scharine illustrates how the dramatic representation of American inequalities has evolved in recent decades from the concerns of class to the way class is predetermined by caste. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 17
... Johnny will never " amount to a row of pins ( too good - wishy - washy - no backbone ) , " introduces Anguish to a time - honored Tompkins tradition : self - mutilation in place of service . Despite his lack of physical disabilities , ...
... ( Johnny Johnson , I , vi , 49 ) Johnny spends his spare time writing letters addressed to the common German soldiers . When others laugh at his belief that the war can be ended with words , he snaps back : “ Well , we don't seem to be ...
... Johnny finds the body of Johann beside the shattered and mutilated statue of Christ . Kneeling in the mud , Johnny holds the dead Johann , “ naked save for a piece of torn cloth tied around his middle , his body marked with sweat and ...
Inhalt
The Great DepressionSocial Themes in the Theatrical | 1 |
Labor and the Left | 9 |
OneThird of a Nation | 17 |
Urheberrecht | |
14 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.