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Acts of Manhood The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865

Acts of Manhood The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865

Description

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.

Keywords

Performing ArtsSocial ScienceGender StudiesTheaterHistory & CriticismDanceClassical & BalletHistory

2012Book

Author(s)Karl M. Kippola

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9780230340459

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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