Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 "How Many Lives . . . Within This One?": The Performances of Sam Shepard; Chapter 2 "What's Beyond Authentic?": Authenticity and Artistry in Don't Come Knocking and Kicking a Dead Horse; Chapter 3 "One of Us Has Forgotten": Memory and Trauma in Simpatico, The Late Henry Moss, and When the World was Green; Chapter 4 "I Miss the Cold War So Much": Interrogating Masculine and Conservative Narratives in States of Shock and The God of Hell

Chapter 5 "Surrounded by My Primitive Captors": Hybridity and Hegemony in Silent Tongue and Eyes for ConsuelaChapter 6 "Where's All the Men?": Men, Women, and Homosociality in the Late Style of Sam Shepard; Conclusion; References; Index