Staging the Slums, Slumming the Stage

Class, Poverty, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in American Theatre, 1890–1916

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, History
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Author: J. Westgate ISBN: 9781137357687
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: October 15, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: J. Westgate
ISBN: 9781137357687
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: October 15, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein.

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Drawing on traditional archival research, reception theory, cultural histories of slumming, and recent work in critical theory on literary representations of poverty, Westgate argues that the productions of slum plays served as enactments of the emergent definitions of the slum and the corresponding ethical obligations involved therein.

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