Failure, Fascism, and Teachers in American Theatre: Pedagogy of the Oppressors - by James F.Wilson

Explores the shifting representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays and performances primarily from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters, schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, the author shines the spotlight on both well-known and nearly-forgotten plays. 230 pages.

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Released: 2023