Dirk Gindt

Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945-1965 (eBook, ePUB)

Cultural Translations, Sexual Anxieties and Racial Fantasies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The immediate post-war period marks a pivotal moment in the internationalization of American theatre when Tennessee Williams' plays became some of Broadway's most critically acclaimed and financially lucrative exports. Dirk Gindt offers a detailed study of the production and reception of Williams' work on Swedish and French stages at the height of his popularity between 1945 and 1965. Analysing the national openings of seminal plays, including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending and Suddenly Last Summer, Gindt provides rich and nuanced insights into Williams' transnational impact. In the process, he charts a network of fascinating and influential directors, actors, designers, producers and critics, all of whom left distinctive marks on mid-twentieth-century European theatre and culture. Gindt further demonstrates how Williams' work foregrounded cultural apprehensions, racial fantasies and sexual anxieties, which resulted in heated debates in the critical and popular media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350022089
• Artikelnr.: 55046023

Autorenporträt

Dirk Gindt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Aesthetics at Stockholm University, Sweden. He has previously been employed at the Department of Theatre at Concordia University in Montreal, the Centre for Fashion Studies at Stockholm University and the Department of Gender, History and Culture at Södertörn University College. Dr. Gindt's research attends to post-war and contemporary queer theatre and performance from an international and intercultural perspective.