Urban Drama: The Metropolis in Contemporary North American Plays

By J. Chris Westgate

Book Overview

Introduction: A Rhetoric of Sociospatial Drama PART I: ELEMENTS OF URBANISM 'Against the Law in this City': Public Space in New York City 'City, Bad Place': Architecture & Disorientation in New York City PART II: ITERATIONS OF URBANISM 'Livin' in a Paradise': Suburbanism in Los Angeles 'Does it Explode?': Ghettoization & Rioting in New York City & Los Angeles 'Part of the City': Enclaves & Exiles in Los Angeles

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349296015
• ISBN13: 9781349296019
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"