Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History: The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865

Kippola, K.

Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-08-06

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349343041

DOI: 10.1057/9781137068774

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 251