Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre: Pedagogy of the Oppressors (1st ed. 2023) (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

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Synopsis
This timely and accessible book explores the shifting representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, Wilson shines the spotlight on both well-known and nearly-forgotten plays. The analysis draws on a range of scholars from cultural and gender studies, queer theory, and critical race discourses to consider teacher characters within notable education movements and periods of political upheaval. Richly illustrated, the book will appeal to theatre scholars and general readers as it delves into plays and performances that reflect cultural fears, desires, and fetishistic fantasies associated with educators. In the process, the scrutiny on the array of characters may help illuminate current attacks on real-life teachers while providing meaningful opportunities for intervention in the ongoing education wars.
Copyright:
2023

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ISBN-13:
9783031340130
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9783031340123
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Springer Nature Switzerland
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Education, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
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