Pioneer performances staging the frontier Rebhorn, Matthew. creator text bibliography Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2012 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (x, 207 pages) : illustrations The Wild West was popular with American audiences long before the appearance of the Hollywood western. From 1829 to 1881, playgoers throughout the nation applauded frontier dramas that celebrated conventional American values like rugged individualism and the ideology of Manifest Destiny. Yet, as Pioneer Performances shows, a more subversive cultural agenda often worked within the orthodox framework of this popular drama. Drawing on a range of plays and public entertainments, Matthew Rebhorn uncovers the heterodox themes in the nineteenth-century stage, ultimately revealing the frontier as a se. Introduction: manifest destinies: Buffalo Bill, Gowongo Mohawk, and the genealogy of American frontier performance -- Edwin Forrest's Redding up: elocution, theater, and the performance of the frontier -- The swamp aesthetic: James Kirke Paulding's frontiersman and the American melodrama of wonder -- The burnt-cork pioneer: T.D. Rice and minstrelsy's frontier history -- What is it?: the frontier, melodrama, and Bucicault's amalgamated drama -- The great divide: pioneer performances after the Civil War -- Afterword: Brokeback or bushwhacked--the legacies of pioneer performance. Matthew Rebhorn. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- n-usp-- Theater United States History 19th century American drama 19th century History and criticism Frontier and pioneer life in literature West (U.S.) In literature Théâtre États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Théâtre américain 19e siècle Histoire et critique États-Unis (Ouest) Dans la littérature PERFORMING ARTS Theater History & Criticism American drama Frontier and pioneer life in literature Literature Theater United States West United States 1800-1899 fast PN2245 .R49 2012eb 792.0973/09034 Pioneer performances Rebhorn, Matthew. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2011017717 (OCoLC)722451355 9780199921232 0199921237 1280593342 9781280593345 9780199751303 0199751307 362317 MIL http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/3625 N$T 120217 20260318190130.1 in00005707815 eng