Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage /

This volume investigates a cross-section of performances of Greek tragedy on the contemporary American stage that have been produced by or for minority communities to challenge the long-standing stereotypes and political and social practices that have contributed to the marginalization of these cult...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Powers, Melinda (συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Έκδοση:First edition.
Σειρά:Classical presences
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Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 'The Black Body' in TWAS' MEDEA and Pecong and CTH's Trojan Women
  • 'Executing Stereotypes' in Luis Alfaro's Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada
  • Representing 'Woman' in Split Britches' Honey I'm Home, the F-RTC's Oedipus Rex XX/XY, and Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flynn's Lysistrata Jones
  • 'Disidentification' in Allain Rochel's Bacchae, Tim O'Leary's The Wrath of Aphrodite, and Aaron Mark's Another Medea
  • Challenging the Stereotype of the 'Disabled Veteran' in Aquila's A Female Philoctetes and Outside the Wire's Ajax.