{"product_id":"american-political-plays","title":"American Political Plays","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eRichly deserving of wider exposure in the theater and the classroom, these sly, remarkable scripts touch on the forceful and salient issues of the 1990s, including the Gulf War, racial and sexual relations, crises unique to big cities, immigration and multiculturalism, art and censorship, revisionist history, academic freedom, and the transformation of the American presidency.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Play\u003c\/i\u003e by Suzan-Lori Parks features an Abraham Lincoln impersonator trapped in an outrageous, Beckett-like world, while Naomi Wallace's \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of America\u003c\/i\u003e centers on a Palestinian American from Atlanta who is caught up in the Persian Gulf conflict. \u003ci\u003eKokoro\u003c\/i\u003e by Velina Hasu Houston chillingly depicts the stark predicament of a Japanese mother caught between two impossible worlds; \u003ci\u003eMarisol\u003c\/i\u003e by José Rivera reveals the dark fairytale life of a young Latin woman in a wartorn, apocalyptic New York. \u003ci\u003eThe Gift\u003c\/i\u003e by Allan Havis confronts overwhelming moral ambiguity in the farcical realm of university politics, while Nixon's Nixon by Russell Lees offers an adroit treatment of the fascinating, tortured Nixon\/Kissinger relationship. The collection closes with Mac Wellman's \u003ci\u003e7 Blowjobs\u003c\/i\u003e, a wicked send-up of the compromise politics that determined the fate of the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Taken together, these seven plays present an eclectic web of social thought and imagination that are uniquely American, offering the reader a splendid, honest study of a rich society in search of itself.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Edited by Allan Havis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615238250876,"sku":"9780252070006","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780252070006_ebb400c7-c64a-4bd6-a27e-5261498867c7.jpg?v=1726046255","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/american-political-plays","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}