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Women in the American Theatre: Actresses and Audiences, 1790-1870
Faye E. Dudden
Women in the American Theatre: Actresses and Audiences, 1790-1870
Faye E. Dudden
Through a series of biographical sketches of female performers and managers, Dudden provides a discussion of the conflicted messages conveyed by the early theatre about what it meant to be a woman. It both showed women as sex objects and provided opportunities for careers.
272 pages, 51 b-w illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 27, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780300070583 |
Publishers | Yale University Press |
Pages | 272 |
Dimensions | 152 × 231 × 24 mm · 426 g |
Language | English |
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