The contemporary American monologue : performance and politics /

"Talk-show confessions, online rants, stand-up routines, inspirational speeches, banal reflections and calls to arms: we live in an age of solo voices demanding to be heard. In The Contemporary American Monologue Eddie Paterson looks at the pioneering work of US artists Spalding Gray, Laurie An...

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Autor principal: Paterson, Eddie
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Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016.
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  • IntroductionChapter 1: Monologue in Drama Chapter 2: Monologue in the US Chapter 3: Confessional monologue: Spalding GrayChapter 4: Punk monologue: Laurie AndersonChapter 5: Rights monologue: Anna Deavere SmithChapter 6: Radical monologue: Karen FinleyChapter 7: Future monologues Addendum: 'I didn't fall asleep' an interview with Karen FinleyEndnotesIndex.