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Author:

Powers, Melinda, author.

Title:

Diversifying Greek tragedy on the contemporary US stage / Melinda Powers.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xv, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Greek drama--Modern presentation.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation--United States.
Theater and society--United States.
Ethnic theater--United States.
United States--Greek influences.--Greek influences.
Ethnic theater.
Greek drama--Modern presentation.
Greek drama (Tragedy)--Appreciation.
Theater and society.
United States.

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.

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:

Classical presences

ISBN:

0198777353
9780198777359

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1016961917

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)