Urban Drama

The Metropolis in Contemporary North American Plays

Paperback Engels 2015 9781349296019
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Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays, Westgate examines how cities like New York City and Los Angeles became focal points for identity politics and social justice at the end of the twentieth century, and how urban crises inform the dramaturgy of contemporary playwrights.

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ISBN13:9781349296019
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction: A Rhetoric of Sociospatial Drama  PART I: ELEMENTS OF URBANISM  'Against the Law in this City': Public Space in New York City   'City, Bad Place': Architecture & Disorientation in New York City PART II: ITERATIONS OF URBANISM  'Livin' in a Paradise': Suburbanism in Los Angeles   'Does it Explode?': Ghettoization & Rioting in New York City & Los Angeles  'Part of the City': Enclaves & Exiles in Los Angeles

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