great white way revived in Seoul : Korean productions of The Producers (2006) and Assassins (2005) / Ji Hyon [Kayla} Yuh. Throwing insults across the ocean : Charles Mathews and the staging of "the American" in 1824 / Maura L. Jortner -- Gunboat diplomacy on the Kabuki stage : Okamoto Kidō's construction of America and Japan's deconstruction of Pacific Overtures / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- "Gringo" agency and revolutionary disillusionment in Rodolfo Usigli's El gesticulador / Jessica C. Locke -- Srbjanović's ugly American : simultaneously constructing Serbian and American identities / Melissa Rynn Porterfield -- The American hyphen in modern Irish theatre : Irish-, Academic-, and American-Americans in the plays of Brian Friel and beyond / Thomas B. Costello -- Of human rights and playwriting against empire / Neilesh Bose -- KATHY's parody of Singin' in the rain / Nobuko Anan -- Motherland and mothers-in-law : African-American wives in African plays / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- Marking the nation from the outside : Vietnamese Americans as abject in the Vietnamese play Dạ Cơ Hoài Lang / Khai Thu Nguyen -- Hair in Sarajevo : doing theatre under siege / Nenad "Neno" Pervan -- Japanese women/American men : national identities and the Takarazuka revue / Jessica Hester -- Taiwan style I love you, You're perfect, Now change by Lancreators / Llyn Scott -- The great white way revived in Seoul : Korean productions of The Producers (2006) and Assassins (2005) / Ji Hyon [Kayla} Yuh.
Summary:
"This collection of 14 essays explores drama from around the world that depicts the United States and Americans. From eighteenth century German dramas about Native Americans to the theaters of contemporary Japan, Mexico, Ireland, and others, there are conflicting representations of Americans. Sometimes flattering, often critical, and occasionally insulting, these views highlight perceptions of America abroad"--Provided by publisher.
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