Urban Drama [electronic resource] : The Metropolis in Contemporary North American Plays /
Westgate, J. Chris.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
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.
Theater.
Theater—History.
Performing arts.
Sociology, Urban.
Literature.
America—Literatures.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Theatre History.
Performing Arts.
Urban Studies/Sociology.
Literature, general.
North American Literature.