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Staging the slums, slumming the stage : class, poverty, ethnicity, and sexuality in American theatre, 1890-1916 / by J. Chris Westgate
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TextSeries: Palgrave studies in theatre and performance historyPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Description: xii, 278 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781137359681
Contents:
Conté: Introduction: Darnton's lament -- Modes of staging the slums. "Strange things" from the Bowery: the tourism narrative in slum plays -- "What the poor of this great city must endure": the sociological narrative in slum plays -- Slumming destinations on stage. The courage to see the sights of the tenement -- The spectacle of immigrant neighborhoods -- Touring the red lights district -- Case studies in slum plays. "Nothing more infernal": verisimilitude and voyeurism in Salvation Nell -- "Avoiding the grotesque and offensive": the Zangwill plays
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Llibre | Biblioteca Barcelona | Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés | 792(73)"19" WES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 1900070997 |
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