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BL
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847023
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| Main Entry
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Román, David,1959-
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| Title & Author
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Performance in America : : contemporary U.S. culture and the performing arts /\ David Roman.
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| Publication Statement
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Durham :: Duke University Press,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Perverse modernities
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| Page. NO
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xx, 353 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0822336634
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: 0822336758
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: 9780822336631
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: 9780822336754
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and index.
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| Contents
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Not about AIDS -- Visa denied: Chay Yew's theater of immigration and the performance of Asian American history -- Latino genealogies-Broadway and beyond: the case of John Leguizamo -- Archival drag, or the afterlife of performance -- Cabaret as cultural history: popular song and public performance in America -- Tragedy and the performing arts in the wake of September 11, 2001 -- Afterword: The time of your life.
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| Abstract
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'Performance in America' demonstrates the vital importance of the performing arts to contemporary US culture in local, regional and national communities. It highlights the dynamic within performance arts through which the past is revisited and the future re-imagined.
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Performing arts-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Performing arts-- Social aspects.
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Scenisk konst-- sociala aspekter-- Förenta staterna.
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Tanz.
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Theater.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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791/.0973
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| LC Classification
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PN1590.S6R66 2005
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