938340Vows, Veils, and Maskshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/vows-veils-and-masks/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/278999/1c087b52-b072-4e2e-9f98-21c15a573b65.jpg?v=63833407549087000013661897MXNUniversity of Iowa PressInStock/Ebooks/Vows, Veils, and Masks offers a bold and timely approach to the plays of Eugene ONeill with its attention to the engagements, weddings, and marriages so crucial to the tragic action in ONeills works. Specifically, the book examines the culturally sanctioned traditions and gender roles that underscored marital life in the early twentieth century, and that still haunt and define love and partnership in the modern age.Weaving in artifacts like advice columns, advertisements, theatrical reviews, and even the lived experiences of the actors who brought ONeills wife characters to life, Beth Wynstra points to new ways of seeing and empathizing with those who are betrothed and new possibilities for reading marriage in literary and dramatic works. She suggests that the various ways women were, and still are, expected to divert from their true ambitions, desires, and selves in the service of appropriate wifely behavior is a detrimental performance and one at the crux of ONeills marital tragedies. This book invites more inclusive and nuanced ways of thinking about the choices married characters must make and the roles they play, both on and off the stage....932435Vows, Veils, and Masks13661897https://www.gandhi.com.mx/vows-veils-and-masks/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/278999/1c087b52-b072-4e2e-9f98-21c15a573b65.jpg?v=638334075490870000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781609389048_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_Vows, Veils, and Masks offers a bold and timely approach to the plays of Eugene ONeill with its attention to the engagements, weddings, and marriages so crucial to the tragic action in ONeills works. Specifically, the book examines the culturally sanctioned traditions and gender roles that underscored marital life in the early twentieth century, and that still haunt and define love and partnership in the modern age.Weaving in artifacts like advice columns, advertisements, theatrical reviews, and even the lived experiences of the actors who brought ONeills wife characters to life, Beth Wynstra points to new ways of seeing and empathizing with those who are betrothed and new possibilities for reading marriage in literary and dramatic works. She suggests that the various ways women were, and still are, expected to divert from their true ambitions, desires, and selves in the service of appropriate wifely behavior is a detrimental performance and one at the crux of ONeills marital tragedies. This book invites more inclusive and nuanced ways of thinking about the choices married characters must make and the roles they play, both on and off the stage....9781609389048_University of Iowa Presslibro_electonico_c919f3ea-f38c-369a-9db5-b612f2ff6ab7_9781609389048;9781609389048_9781609389048Beth WynstraInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/uofchicagopress-epub-cbec639f-1cfb-48ca-8980-3b0c4bcfd37d.epub2023-07-07T00:00:00+00:00University of Iowa Press