Battling the Legions of the Ungodly: Alternative American Drama and the Vietnam War.
Alternative American drama in the post-war period provided vital cultural ground upon which the politico-religious debate between those who supported the hegemonic view of the American subject and those who sought to fashion alternative languages of national identity took place. This essay explores...
| Publicado en: | Comparative American Studies Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 35 - 55 |
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Mar2011
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