@article{1482749,
      recid = {1482749},
      author = {Wilson, James F.},
      title = {Failure, fascism, and teachers in American theatre :  pedagogy of the oppressors /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 216 pages) :},
      abstract = {This timely and accessible book explores the shifting  representations of schoolteachers and professors in plays  and performances primarily from the twentieth and  twenty-first centuries in the United States. Examining  various historical and recurring types, such as spinsters,  schoolmarms, presumed sexual deviants, radicals and  communists, fascists, and emasculated men teachers, Wilson  shines the spotlight on both well-known and  nearly-forgotten plays. The analysis draws on a range of  scholars from cultural and gender studies, queer theory,  and critical race discourses to consider teacher characters  within notable education movements and periods of political  upheaval. Richly illustrated, the book will appeal to  theatre scholars and general readers as it delves into  plays and performances that reflect cultural fears,  desires, and fetishistic fantasies associated with  educators. In the process, the scrutiny on the array of  characters may help illuminate current attacks on real-life  teachers while providing meaningful opportunities for  intervention in the ongoing education wars. James F. Wilson  is the Executive Officer of the Theatre and Performance  Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY, USA. His work has  appeared in several chapter anthologies and academic  journals, and he is the author of Bulldaggers, Pansies, and  Chocolate Babies: Race, Performance, and Sexuality in the  Harlem Renaissance (2010).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1482749},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34013-0},
}