Spectacles of reform [electronic resource] : theater and activism in nineteenth-century America / Amy E. Hughes.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ann Arbor : the University of Michigan Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)ISBN:- 9780472028894
- Spectacular, The -- History -- 19th century
- Spectacular, The, in literature
- American drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Theater -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- 792.0973/09034 23
- PN2256 .H86 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The body as/in/at the spectacle -- The delirium tremens: spectacular insanity in The drunkard -- The fugitive slave: Eliza's flight in Uncle Tom's cabin -- The railroad rescue: suffrage and citizenship in Under the gaslight -- Afterword: our sensations, our heroes, our freaks.
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