Abstract:This article examines to what dramaturgical effect Sam Shepard’s political play States of Shock
(1991) remediates strategies associated with the culture industry. In plays, spectators forge an interpretation from a medium that
is considered ‘hypermedial’ or capable of combining discrete signifying systems such as dialogue, costumes, acting style and scenography at the same time. In States of Shock, genre remediation implicates its audience in the
spectacle of war by juxtaposing American war hero… Show more
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