Streetcar Context Flashcards
1
Q
When was the play written
A
1947
2
Q
what was homosexuality?
A
Illegal
3
Q
what was New Orleans known for?
A
Being more acceptance e.g. with blacks and homosexuality
4
Q
what did the new south believe in?
A
Factories and working class, more accepting e.g. American dream
5
Q
What did the old south believe?
A
Plantations, slavery, social class divisions, rural
6
Q
what was the stigma with mental health?
A
Negative- seen as crazy
7
Q
when did social realism emerge?
A
1929 after Great Depression
8
Q
what did the 1950 Hollywood movie remove
A
the rape and Stanley’s impliance that it was for sexual [pleasure - “Tiger, tiger…” line removed
9
Q
what genre is Streetcar?
A
Southern Gothic Tradition
