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Univ Of Minnesota Press (1992), Edition: 1, Paperback, 224 pages
Description
During the late 1940's and 1950's, argues David Savran, the baiting and brutalization of "communists and queers" were high on the national agenda. Within this historical context, Communist, Cowboys, and Queers offers a bold and radical reassessment of the works of theater's most prominent and respected figures - Arthur Miller, the alleged communist, and Tennessee Williams, the self-acknowledged "queer."Savran analyzes the radically different configurations of gender and sexuality in Miller's and Williams's writings and studies the ways in which each confronted and negotiated the postwar homoph
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224 p.; 9.02 inches
ISBN
0816621233 / 9780816621231
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OCLC = 467
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