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American 'Unculture' in French Drama: Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance
Les Essif
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Description for American 'Unculture' in French Drama: Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance
Hardcover. A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 575.
A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.
A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137299024
SKU
V9781137299024
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Ref
99-15
About Les Essif
Les Essif is the author of Empty Figure on an Empty Stage, The French Play, and numerous essays on French theatre and theories of drama and performance. He is currently a professor of French Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Reviews for American 'Unculture' in French Drama: Homo Americanus and the Post-1960 French Resistance
"No major dramatist confronted with American culture - a genre in itself and a must for French artists and playwrights has escaped Essif's precise but global, gentle but witty, generous but severe radar." - Patrice Pavis (University of Kent, UK) in his Foreword to American 'Unculture' in French Drama "The author presents clearly and vividly the new ... Read more