ACT Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama

by Robert Vorlicky

Book Overview

In the first comprehensive study of plays written for male characters only, Robert Vorlicky offers a new theory that links cultural codes governing gender and the conventions determining dramatic form. Act Like a Manlooks at a range of plays, including those by O'Neill, Albee, Mamet, Baraka, and Rabe as well as new works by Philip Kan Gotanda, Alonzo Lamont, and Robin Swados, to examine how dialogue within these works reflects the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472065726
• ISBN13: 9780472065721
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"