homo americanus and the post-1960 French resistance
First Statement of Responsibility
Les Essif.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2013
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
: illustrations
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction: Part 1 --;Introduction: Part 2 --;1: The Hyperreality Of The Western Frontier --;2: "Homo Americanus" War And Violence --;3: The Totalitarian Non-Tragedy Of Americano-Global Business --;4: The (Supra- )Global Spectacle Of American (Non- )Community --;Conclusion: Blob, Screen, And Corn: Final Figures of the "Homo Americanus" Hyperreal.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A book about the role America plays in the French imagination, as it translates to the French stage. Informed by a rich variety of Western cultural scholarship, Essif examines two dozen post-1960 works representing some of the most innovative dramaturgy of the last half century, including works by Gatti, Obaldia, Cixous, Koltes, and Vinaver.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
DRAMA -- Continental European.
French drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.