Caroline De Wagter holds a doctorate in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and an MA in Drama from Stanford University. She has published articles in critical collections and professional journals, and is the co-editor of Old Margins, New Centers: The European Literary Heritage in an Age of Globalization (2011) and Signatures of the Past: Cultural Memory in Con¬temporary Anglophone North American Drama (2008).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionStaging Hybridity on the North American SceneShattering the North American Dream: Testimonies and ExperiencesCultural Memory in North American DramaPerforming Imagined CommunitiesConclusion: Millennial VistasWorks CitedIndex

"De Wagter most productively examines how playwrights of color negotiate the boundaries of ethnic, national, and cultural identities. A major innovation of her study is its comparative and transnational exploration of how authors engage with difference and hybridity to challenge the status quo and imagine possible social transformations." – Harry J. Elam, Jr., Professor of Drama, Stanford University"In her groundbreaking comparative study, De Wagter offers a detailed examination of contemporary multi-ethnic drama in Canada and the USA. As her perceptive cross-cultural analyses demonstrate, the North American stage can boast some of the most aesthetically sophisticated and politically vibrant theatre of our age." – Marc Maufort, Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Caroline De Wagter holds a doctorate in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and an MA in Drama from Stanford University. She has published articles in critical collections and professional journals, and is the co-editor of Old Margins, New Centers: The European Literary Heritage in an Age of Globalization (2011) and Signatures of the Past: Cultural Memory in Con¬temporary Anglophone North American Drama (2008).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionStaging Hybridity on the North American SceneShattering the North American Dream: Testimonies and ExperiencesCultural Memory in North American DramaPerforming Imagined CommunitiesConclusion: Millennial VistasWorks CitedIndex

"De Wagter most productively examines how playwrights of color negotiate the boundaries of ethnic, national, and cultural identities. A major innovation of her study is its comparative and transnational exploration of how authors engage with difference and hybridity to challenge the status quo and imagine possible social transformations." – Harry J. Elam, Jr., Professor of Drama, Stanford University"In her groundbreaking comparative study, De Wagter offers a detailed examination of contemporary multi-ethnic drama in Canada and the USA. As her perceptive cross-cultural analyses demonstrate, the North American stage can boast some of the most aesthetically sophisticated and politically vibrant theatre of our age." – Marc Maufort, Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Caroline De Wagter holds a doctorate in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and an MA in Drama from Stanford University. She has published articles in critical collections and professional journals, and is the co-editor of Old Margins, New Centers: The European Literary Heritage in an Age of Globalization (2011) and Signatures of the Past: Cultural Memory in Con¬temporary Anglophone North American Drama (2008).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionStaging Hybridity on the North American SceneShattering the North American Dream: Testimonies and ExperiencesCultural Memory in North American DramaPerforming Imagined CommunitiesConclusion: Millennial VistasWorks CitedIndex

"De Wagter most productively examines how playwrights of color negotiate the boundaries of ethnic, national, and cultural identities. A major innovation of her study is its comparative and transnational exploration of how authors engage with difference and hybridity to challenge the status quo and imagine possible social transformations." – Harry J. Elam, Jr., Professor of Drama, Stanford University"In her groundbreaking comparative study, De Wagter offers a detailed examination of contemporary multi-ethnic drama in Canada and the USA. As her perceptive cross-cultural analyses demonstrate, the North American stage can boast some of the most aesthetically sophisticated and politically vibrant theatre of our age." – Marc Maufort, Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles