The History of North American Theater
Title | The History of North American Theater PDF eBook |
Author | Felicia Hardison Londré |
Publisher | Burns & Oates |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
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Reveals the multicultural dimension of the history of North American theater, covering Mexican, Native US, Caribbean, and Canadian theater as well as US theater history. Coverage encompasses major theatrical developments, events, and influential figures, with sections on pre- Columbian performance, New Spain, the American colonies, New France, national stages, and the periods 1825-1870, 1870-1900, 1900-1945, and 1945 to the present. Includes some 300 bandw photos and illustrations. For students and general readers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chinatown Opera Theater in North America
Title | Chinatown Opera Theater in North America PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Yunhwa Rao |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2017-01-11 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0252099001 |
Awards: Irving Lowens Award, Society for American Music (SAM), 2019 Music in American Culture Award, American Musicological Society (AMS), 2018 Certificate of Merit for Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music, Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Humanities and Cultural Studies: Media, Visual, and Performance Studies, Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2019 The Chinatown opera house provided Chinese immigrants with an essential source of entertainment during the pre–World War II era. But its stories of loyalty, obligation, passion, and duty also attracted diverse patrons into Chinese American communities Drawing on a wealth of new Chinese- and English-language research, Nancy Yunhwa Rao tells the story of iconic theater companies and the networks and migrations that made Chinese opera a part of North American cultures. Rao unmasks a backstage world of performers, performance, and repertoire and sets readers in the spellbound audiences beyond the footlights. But she also braids a captivating and complex history from elements outside the opera house walls: the impact of government immigration policy; how a theater influenced a Chinatown's sense of cultural self; the dissemination of Chinese opera music via recording and print materials; and the role of Chinese American business in sustaining theatrical institutions. The result is a work that strips the veneer of exoticism from Chinese opera, placing it firmly within the bounds of American music and a profoundly American experience.
History of the American Theatre
Title | History of the American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | William Dunlap |
Publisher | |
Pages | 826 |
Release | 1833 |
Genre | American drama |
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Indigenous North American Drama
Title | Indigenous North American Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Birgit Däwes |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2013-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1438446616 |
Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.
A History of the American Theatre
Title | A History of the American Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | William Dunlap |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1832 |
Genre | American drama |
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History of the American Theatre: Before the revolution [1749-1774
Title | History of the American Theatre: Before the revolution [1749-1774 PDF eBook |
Author | George Oberkirsh Seilhamer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | Theater |
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History of the American Theatre: Before the revolution [1749-1774
Title | History of the American Theatre: Before the revolution [1749-1774 PDF eBook |
Author | George Oberkirsh Seilhamer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1888 |
Genre | Theater |
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