{"product_id":"performance-in-america-david-rom-n-9780822336631","title":"Performance in America: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the Performing Arts","description":"\u003ci\u003ePerformance in America\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the vital importance of the performing arts to contemporary U.S. culture. Looking at a series of specific performances mounted between 1994 and 2004, well-known performance studies scholar David Rom疣 challenges the belief that theatre, dance, and live music are marginal art forms in the United States. He describes the crucial role that the performing arts play in local, regional, and national communities, emphasizing the power of live performance, particularly its immediacy and capacity to create a dialogue between artists and audiences. Rom疣 draws attention to the ways that the performing arts provide unique perspectives on many of the most pressing concerns within American studies: questions about history and politics, citizenship and society, and culture and nation.\u003cp\u003eThe performances that Rom疣 analyzes range from localized community-based arts events to full-scale Broadway productions and from the controversial works of established artists such as Tony Kushner to those of emerging artists. Rom疣 considers dances produced by the choreographers Bill T. Jones and Neil Greenberg in the mid-1990s as new aids treatments became available and the aids crisis was reconfigured; a production of the Asian American playwright Chay Yew's \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Country\u003c\/i\u003e in a high-school auditorium in Los Angeles's Chinatown; and Latino performer John Leguizamo's one-man Broadway show \u003ci\u003eFreak\u003c\/i\u003e. He examines the revival of theatrical legacies by female impersonators and the resurgence of cabaret in New York City. Rom疣 also looks at how the performing arts have responded to 9\/11, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the second war in Iraq. Including more than eighty illustrations, \u003ci\u003ePerformance in America\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the dynamic relationships among performance, history, and contemporary culture through which the past is revisited and the future reimagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Rom疣\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822336634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822336631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 6.28w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2006 pg. 119","brand":"David Rom疣","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120351965439,"sku":"9780822336631","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2de0b668-411f-431a-9484-cb42a8e24610.jpg?v=1687413861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performance-in-america-david-rom-n-9780822336631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}