Plays of Impasse
A study of post–World War II plays set in “total institutions” such as hospitals, psychiatric wards, prisons, and military bases
Plays of Impasse probes the structure and significance of the numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society’s dead ends—the hospitals, psychiatric wards, prisons, and military training camps so aptly described by Irving Goffman as “total institutions.” Car...
A study of post–World War II plays set in “total institutions” such as hospitals, psychiatric wards, prisons, and military bases
Plays of Impasse probes the structure and significance of the numerous and highly visible plays set in contemporary society’s dead ends—the hospitals, psychiatric wards, prisons, and military training camps so aptly described by Irving Goffman as “total institutions.” Car...
