Performing Political Persuasion in the United States in the
Early Years of the Republic

J 2021

Performing Political Persuasion in the United States in the Early Years of the Republic

KAČER, Tomáš

Basic information

Original name

Performing Political Persuasion in the United States in the Early Years of the Republic

Authors

KAČER, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, University of Alicante, 2021, 0214-4808

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Spain

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Journal Issue online

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00122000

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.2021.35.03

UT WoS

000904815800004

Keywords in English

theater history; performance studies; American theater; history of the United States – 18th century

Abstract

V originále

Theater productions were born out of a paradox in the United States of the Revolutionary War and shortly afterwards. While the nation’s dominant ideology was anti-theatrical, theater often served a nationalist agenda, co-defining the new American nation and its nascent identities – such were, for example, productions of Joseph Addison’s Cato at Valley Forge in 1778 and William Dunlap’s André at the New Park in New York in 1798. These theater events empowered the audience to publicly perform their national identity as Americans and exercise their republican fervor. Similarly, a production of Bunker-Hill by J. D. Burk at the Haymarket in Boston in 1797 was crucial in helping define the social and political identities of its audiences, who were motivated to attend the performances as an expression of their partisan preferences. This article shows that literary, theatrical and social practices served to constitute performatively the early American national identity.

Links

MUNI/A/1204/2019, interní kód MU

Name: Researching Communication in English: Paradigms, Strategies, Developments - II (Acronym: ReComE 2020)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

KAČER, Tomáš. Performing Political Persuasion in the United States in the Early Years of the Republic. Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses. University of Alicante, 2021, vol. 35, No 2, p. 61-74. ISSN 0214-4808. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.2021.35.03.

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KAČER, Tomáš. Performing Political Persuasion in the United States in the Early Years of the Republic. \textit{Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses}. University of Alicante, 2021, vol.~35, No~2, p.~61-74. ISSN~0214-4808. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.14198/raei.2021.35.03.

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