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Acts of Manhood: The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828-1865 (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) (Paperback)

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Act Like a Man: Images and Rhetoric of Reconstructed Manhood A Glorious Image of Unperverted Manhood: Edwin Forrest as Masculine Ideal A Masculine Identity Worth Dying For: The Astor Place Riot Decorum and Delicacy: The Feminized Manliness of Edwin Booth Impossibly Genial: The Masculine Transformations of John McCullough Conclusion: Affirming White Masculinity by Deriding the Other.

About the Author


Karl M. Kippola is an assistant professor of Theatre at American University, USA and has been a professional actor and director for the last twenty-five years.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781349343041
ISBN-10: 1349343048
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date: August 6th, 2012
Pages: 251
Language: English
Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History