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SAM SHEPARD AND THE AMERICAN THEATRE
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| By: |
Leslie A. Wade, Josh Beer (Foreword), C. D. Innes (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£74.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0313289441 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780313289446 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
26 August, 1997 |
| Series: |
Contributions in Drama & Theatre Studies No. 76. |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
Exploring a career that includes 50 stage and screen plays, four books of non-dramatic writings and over a dozen film appearances, this work traces Shepard's rise from counterculture to cultural icon. His popularity against a background of postwar American culture is considered. |
| Synopsis: |
No dramatist in the recent history of the American theatre has gained more celebrity than Sam Shepard. Exploring a career that includes fifty stage and screen plays, four books of nondramatic writings, and over a dozen appearances in feature films, this work traces Shepard's rise from an Off-Off-Broadway renegade to a Hollywood leading man, and explores his evolution from counterculture to cultural icon. The study situates Shepard's career within the shifting production modes and economic contexts of the American entertainment industry, and views his popularity against the identity politics of postwar American culture. Through an analysis of his life, plays and screen roles, this book investigates how Shepard's dramatic voice and film persona address issues of American consensus and community. The study argues that Shepard's popularity-in an era of cultural diversification and dissent-owes much to nationalism and nostalgia and begs important questions concerning American myths, media representations, and the construction of an American audience. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Greenwood Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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