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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... interviews, discussions, and workshops which enrich the materialof this book. Thanksalone are not enough; yet,toeach her own... ...Andtothe memory of AndreaDunbar, whosefirstplay The Arbor was produced atthe Royal Court Theatre when she ...
... interviews, discussions, and workshops which enrich the materialof this book. Thanksalone are not enough; yet,toeach her own... ...Andtothe memory of AndreaDunbar, whosefirstplay The Arbor was produced atthe Royal Court Theatre when she ...
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... interviews, performancenotes,and studiesof unpublished scriptsmake up alarge partofthe research basefor this book ... interview in 1985,shesaid: Womenarrive withaset of questions: doesn'titupset youthat youmight beoffending men ...
... interviews, performancenotes,and studiesof unpublished scriptsmake up alarge partofthe research basefor this book ... interview in 1985,shesaid: Womenarrive withaset of questions: doesn'titupset youthat youmight beoffending men ...
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... 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 hadclearly defined ...
... 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 hadclearly defined ...
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... interviewed forthis study were supportiveofthe project, many were reluctanttohave themselves andtheirwork pigeonholedinto what they tendedto view as sterileacademic categories, and many were also sceptical aboutthe relevance andvalue ...
... interviewed forthis study were supportiveofthe project, many were reluctanttohave themselves andtheirwork pigeonholedinto what they tendedto view as sterileacademic categories, and many were also sceptical aboutthe relevance andvalue ...
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... interviewed and studied. The following setof quotations should give some indication ofthe diversity ofopinions about the relationshipbetween 'feminism' and women's workin contemporarytheatres: Sarah Daniels: Feminismis now, like panty ...
... interviewed and studied. The following setof quotations should give some indication ofthe diversity ofopinions about the relationshipbetween 'feminism' and women's workin contemporarytheatres: Sarah Daniels: Feminismis now, like panty ...
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 |
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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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