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Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America

Title
Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.
Author
Hughes, Amy.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.

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Description
x, 248 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Theater > United States > History > 19th century
  • Theater and society > United States > History > 19th century
  • American drama > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Spectacular, The, in literature
  • Spectacular, The > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Contents
The body as/in/at the spectacle -- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard -- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin -- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight -- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks.
Call Number
MWED 13-3057
ISBN
  • 9780472118625 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0472118625 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780472028894 (e-book)
  • 0472028898 (e-book)
LCCN
2012033645
OCLC
793221901
Author
Hughes, Amy.
Title
Spectacles of reform : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.
Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Research Call Number
MWED 13-3057
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