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Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage
- Title
- Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage / Melinda Powers.
- Author
- Powers, Melinda
- Publication
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- xv, 230 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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 cultures.
- Series Statement
- Classical presences
- Uniform Title
- Classical presences.
- Subjects
- Contents
- '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.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-4638
- ISBN
- 9780198777359
- 0198777353
- OCLC
- 1016961917
- Author
- Powers, Melinda, author.
- Title
- Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage / Melinda Powers.
- Publisher
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Classical presencesClassical presences.
- Other Form:
- Online version : Powers, Melinda. Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780191083136 (OCoLC)1047729528
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-4638