Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.
| ISBN: | 9780230340459 |
| Publication date: | 6th August 2012 |
| Author: | Karl M Kippola |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 251 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Genres: |
Performing arts Gender studies, gender groups Theatre studies History of Performing Arts |