Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her OwnContemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study of the development of feminist theatres in Britain. She examines the treatment of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality, language and power in performance. Based on original research and fresh data, Contemporary Feminst Theatres is a fully comprehensive and admirably clear analysis of a flourishing field of practice and inquiry. |
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This book is concerned with the evolution and development not of 'women's theatre', but more specifically of 'feminist theatre', defined as political theatre oriented toward change, produced by women with feminist concerns, a definition ...
This book is concerned with the evolution and development not of 'women's theatre', but more specifically of 'feminist theatre', defined as political theatre oriented toward change, produced by women with feminist concerns, a definition ...
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2 Years after that interview, there are still those who 'look at' feminist theatre from 'angles' which weren't intended or foreseen by its makers. Many people approach feminism and feminist theatre, even today, as if theseterms ...
2 Years after that interview, there are still those who 'look at' feminist theatre from 'angles' which weren't intended or foreseen by its makers. Many people approach feminism and feminist theatre, even today, as if theseterms ...
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5 Such words can be adopted as mottos for feminist theatre work, in many different cultural contexts and generations.Theyaredidactic and perhapsalsonaive, yetbothexpress a desire to subvert expectation, to enable or initiate positive ...
5 Such words can be adopted as mottos for feminist theatre work, in many different cultural contexts and generations.Theyaredidactic and perhapsalsonaive, yetbothexpress a desire to subvert expectation, to enable or initiate positive ...
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Empirical informationisthus compiledandpresented asa base for,and possible counter to, theplethora oftheories which can inform the study of feminist theatres. Theargumentcanbe summarizedasfollows: the feministtheatreswhich initially ...
Empirical informationisthus compiledandpresented asa base for,and possible counter to, theplethora oftheories which can inform the study of feminist theatres. Theargumentcanbe summarizedasfollows: the feministtheatreswhich initially ...
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Interms of theexisting'canon' of women's and feminist theatre studies,SusanBassnett's work is most substantial: sheoffersthefirst coherent applicationsof semiotic theorytowomen'stheatre (as opposedto feminist theatre), aswellas critical ...
Interms of theexisting'canon' of women's and feminist theatre studies,SusanBassnett's work is most substantial: sheoffersthefirst coherent applicationsof semiotic theorytowomen'stheatre (as opposedto feminist theatre), aswellas critical ...
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Contents
Section 17 | lv |
Section 18 | lvii |
Section 19 | lxiii |
Section 20 | lxxxiii |
Section 21 | xcv |
Section 22 | xcvi |
Section 23 | ci |
Section 24 | cviii |
| xxiv | |
Section 10 | xxxiii |
Section 11 | xliv |
Section 12 | lxi |
Section 13 | lxxix |
Section 14 | lxxxii |
Section 15 | c |
Section 16 | c |
Section 25 | 5 |
Section 26 | 4 |
Section 27 | 8 |
Section 28 | 41 |
Section 29 | 526 |
Section 30 | 357 |
Section 31 | 180 |
Section 32 | 182 |
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| Title | Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own Gender in Performance |
| Author | Lizbeth Goodman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1134906951, 9781134906956 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / General Performing Arts / Theater / General Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism |
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