Awkward Stages: Plays about Growing Up Gay

by John M. Clum

The plays in this volume, written by men (some of whom are the most celebrated playwrights) who were in their late twenties and early thirties, affirm adolescents as subjects active in same-sex relationships. Sexual identity is important to the young men in their plays, in great part because they must define themselves against the prejudice and sanctions of family and social institutions. In some cases, the experiences dramatized in these plays are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604979089
• ISBN13: 9781604979084
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 578 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"