Expressionism and Modernism in the American Theatre: Bodies, Voices, WordsAlthough often dismissed as a minor offshoot of the better known German movement, expressionism on the American stage represents a critical phase in the development of American dramatic modernism. Situating expressionism within the context of early twentieth century American culture, Walker demonstrates how playwrights who wrote in this mode were responding both to new communications technologies and to the perceived threat they posed to the embodied