Mel Gordon (professor)
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| Born | Melvin Irwin Gordon February 18, 1947 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 2018 (aged 71) Richmond, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Gordon |
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Melvin Irwin Gordon (February 18, 1947 – March 22, 2018) was an American scholar.
Biography
Melvin Irwin Gordon was born on February 18, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan to leftist parents Rose Gordon (nee Alpert) and Joseph Gordon. He graduated with a bachelor's degree from University of Michigan and completed his master's and PhD in performance studies from New York University. He taught at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts in the 1970s and 80s before being hired by UC Berkeley, where he taught a popular course on bad acting, in 1990. He died on March 22, 2018 due complications of renal failure.[1][2]
Works
- Theatre of Fear and Horror: The Grisly Spectacle of the Grand Guignol of Paris, 1897-1962; a history of the Grand Guignol theatre including a catalogue of 100 plots divided by themes.[3]
- Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
- Horizontal Collaboration
- The Erotic World of Paris
- Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant
- The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber
References
- ↑ Sandomir, Richard (March 30, 2018). "Mel Gordon, Drama Scholar of the Fringe, Is Dead at 71". New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ↑ Ho, Catherine; Kost, Ryan (April 4, 2018). "Drama scholar Mel Gordon, who taught at UC Berkeley, dies at 71". SF Gate. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ↑ Gross, John (November 11, 1988). "Books of The Times; How the Grand Guignol Made Fear Popular". New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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