In the late nineteenth century, melodramas were spectacular entertainment for Americans. They were also a key forum in which elements of American culture were represented, contested, and inverted. This book focuses on the Mormon villain in anti-Mormon melodramas and analyses what these melodramas reveal about American identity in the nineteenth century.
In the late nineteenth century, melodramas were spectacular entertainment for Americans. They were also a key forum in which elements of American culture were represented, contested, and inverted. This book focuses on the Mormon villain in anti-Mormon melodramas and analyses what these melodramas reveal about American identity in the nineteenth century.
Megan Sanborn Jones is an assistant professor in the Theatre and Media Arts Department at Brigham Young University. Her research has been published in Theatre Journal, State of the Art, and The Journal of Mormon History. Her essay, "(Re)living the Pioneer Past" was the cover article of Theatre Topics (September 2006).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Outside/Inside America 1. The Christian Melodramatic Mode 2. Rapists: The Sexual Fantasy of Polygamy 3. Murderers: The Necessity of Honorable Violence 4. Turks: Appropriating Ethnicity. Conclusion: The Paradox of Identity. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Introduction: Outside/Inside America 1. The Christian Melodramatic Mode 2. Rapists: The Sexual Fantasy of Polygamy 3. Murderers: The Necessity of Honorable Violence 4. Turks: Appropriating Ethnicity. Conclusion: The Paradox of Identity. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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