Acts of Manhood: The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828-1865

By Karl M. Kippola

Book Overview

Exploring the performance of masculinity on and off the nineteenth-century American stage, this book looks at the shift from the passionate muscularity to intellectual restraint as not a linear journey toward national refinement; but a multitude of masculinities fighting simultaneously for dominance and recognition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349343048
• ISBN13: 9781349343041
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"