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Buried Child

by Sam Shepard

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How does Sam Shepard incorporate postmodernism in Buried Child?


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What is the significance of the haircut at the end of Act 1?


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What are the authors' views on the American dream in Death of a Salesman and Buried Child?


What time period does Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" take place? It does not say in the script at all.  It was written in 1978 and some websites say that it takes place in the 1970's, but many of my classmates (I am writing a thesis on this play) got the impression that it was set in the 1950's.  I just want to be certain of the time period because I don't want to write a paper that is completely unrelated to the true time period.


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