Codifying the National Self

The theatre has always been the site of visionary hopes for a reformed national future and a space for propagating ideas, both cultural and political. The essays in this volume address the concepts of 'Americanness' and the perceptions of the 'alien' - as dealt with in the work of Anna Cora Mowatt to Nilo Cruz.

• Author: María Dolores Narbona-Carrión
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
• Published: 2006
• Pages: 314