Mainstream AIDS Theatre, the Media, and Gay Civil Rights: Making the Radical Palatable

ISBN-13: 9780367737320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 204 str.

Jacob Juntunen

Opis

This book shows the political potential of mainstream theatre in the US at the end of the 20^th century, tracing ideological change in the reception of mainstream plays about HIV/AIDS. Studying the politics of performance, LGBT theatre, and mainstream theatre’s political potential, it shows how radical ideas become mainstream an

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Repairing Reality  2. Resistance: The Normal Heart  3. Assimilation: Angels in America  4. Commercialization: Rent  5. Normalization: The Laramie Project  6. Conclusion: Does It Get Better?

O autorze

Jacob Juntunen is Associate Professor in the Department of Theater and in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Southern Illinois University, USA.