George Holly Show Town: Theater and Culture in the Pacific Northwest, 18901920 9780806154350

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Автор: George Holly
Название: Show Town: Theater and Culture in the Pacific Northwest, 18901920
ISBN: 9780806154350
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Театроведение

История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Краеведение

ISBN-10: 0806154357
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 280
Вес: 0.54 кг.
Дата издания: 26.10.2016
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 13 black & white illustrations, 6 tables
Размер: 229 x 152 x 24
Подзаголовок: Theater and culture in the pacific northwest, 1890вђ“1920
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Like many western boomtowns at the turn of the twentieth century, Spokane, Washington, enjoyed a lively theatrical scene, ranging from plays, concerts, and operas to salacious variety and vaudeville shows. Yet even as Spokanites took pride in their citys reputation as a good show town, the more genteel among them worried about its Wild West atmosphere. In Show Town, historian Holly George correlates the clash of tastes and sensibilities among Spokanes theater patrons with a larger shift in values occurring throughout the Inland West - and the nation - during a period of rapid social change. George begins this multifaceted story in 1890, when two Spokane developers built the lavish Auditorium Theater as a kind of advertisement for the young city. The new venue catered to a class of people made wealthy by speculation, railroads, and mining. Yet the refined entertainment the Auditorium offered conflicted with the rollicking shows that played in the towns variety theaters, designed to draw in the migratory workers - primarily single men - who provided labor for the same industries that made the fortunes of Spokanes elite. As well-to-do Spokanites attempted to clamp down on the variety theaters, performances at even the citys more respectable, legitimate playhouses began to reflect a movement away from Victorian sensibilities to a more modern desire for self-fulfillment - particularly among women. Theaters joined the debate over modern femininity by presenting plays on issues ranging from womans suffrage to shifting marital expectations. At the same time, national theater monopolies transmitted to the people of Spokane new styles and tastes that mirrored larger cultural trends. Lucidly written and meticulously researched, Show Town is a groundbreaking work of cultural history. By examining one citys theatrical scene in all its complex dimensions, this book expands our understanding of the forces that shaped the urban American West.
Дополнительное описание: General and world history|Social and cultural history|Theatre studies|Social and ethical issues|Popular culture

Show Town: Theater and Culture in the Pacific Northwest, 18901920, George Holly