Antitheatricality and the Body Public

Antitheatricality and the Body Public

Author: Lisa A. Freeman

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2017-02-02

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0812248732

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In an exploration of antitheatrical incidents from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, Lisa A. Freeman demonstrates that at the heart of antitheatrical disputes lies a struggle over the character of the body politic that governs a nation and the bodies public that could be said to represent that nation.