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American political plays after 9/11 / edited by Allan Havis.
- Title
- American political plays after 9/11 / edited by Allan Havis.
- Publication
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.
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| Text | Request in advance | PS627.P65 A437 2010 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Havis, Allan
- Description
- xii, 282 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- ""This high-voltage collection of seminal political plays is indispensable reading for contemporary culture watchers." --Jody McAuliffe, author of My Lovely Suicides" "American Political Plays after 9/11 is a diverse collection of bold, urgent, and provocative plays that respond to the highly charged, post 9/11 political landscape. Sparked by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequently fueled by a series of controversial events--the Iraq war, the passing and enforcement of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, and the revelation of torture and other scandals at the Abu Ghraib prison--American political theater is currently experiencing a surge in activity. The plays in this collection include The Guys by Anne Nelson, At the Vanishing Point by Naomi Iizuka, The Venus de Milo Is Armed by Kia Corthron, Back of the Throat by Yussef El Guindi, Three Nights in Prague by Allan Havis, and Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew. Though not all of the plays deal explicitly with the Al Qaeda attacks, they collectively reveal themes of sorrow and anxiety, moral indignation, alarmist self-preservation, and economic and social insecurity stemming from the United States' fairly sudden shift from cold war superpower to vulnerable target."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Theater in the Americas
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Theater in the Americas.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Plays (Performed Works).
- scripts (documents)
- Political plays
- Anthologies (form)
- Drama (texts)
- Drama
- Théâtre.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The guys / Anne Nelson -- At the vanishing point / Naomi Iizuka -- The venus de Milo is armed / Kia Corthron -- Back of the throat / Yussef El Guindi -- Three nights in Prague / Allan Havis -- Question 27, question 28 / Chay Yew.
- ISBN
- 9780809329540 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0809329549 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780809385553 (ebook)
- 0809385554 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2009035629
- OCLC
- 435800910
- SCSB-10532247
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library