声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Theater as a Commercialized Geographical Space
1.1 The location of theaters:prosperous Chicago and New York downtown
1.2 The environment of theaters:luxury and magnificence in Chicago and New York
1.3 Theaters in commercials:advertised Chicago and New York theaters
Chapter Two Theater as a Space of Conspicuous Consumption
2.1 Performers in the theater:materialists in consumer culture
2.2 Audiences in the theater:conspicuous consumers
2.3 Plays:advocator of mammonism
Chapter Three Theater as a Space of Reproducing Social Relations
3.1 The material rise of Carrie through the theater:American Dream in a consumer societv
3.2 Disappearance of Hurstwood from the theater:the anxiety of social status
3.3 Minnie and Mrs.Vance as different consumers of theater:Protestantism VS Consumerism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements