Hysteria, Trauma and Melancholia: Performative Maladies in Contemporary Anglophone DramaHysteria, trauma and melancholia have not only become powerful tropes in modern-day culture at large; they are also prominent in the theatre. How do contemporary plays employ these concepts? How does the staging of these 'disorders' affect the aesthetics of the plays? What exchange relations between theory and theatre can be traced? Christina Wald pursues such questions in this new study, establishing the characteristics and concerns of 'The Drama of Hysteria', 'Trauma Drama' and 'The Drama of Melancholia' through in-depth readings of works by playwrights such as Anna Furse, Jerry Johnson, Sarah, Daniels, Phylis Nagy, Claire Dowie, David Auburn, Marina Carr and Sarah Kane. Conceptualising hysteria, trauma and melancholia as 'performative maladies', Wald educes an exciting interaction of theatrical performance, psychiatric and psychoanalytic theory, and the theory of gender performativity. |
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... woman comes to represent the original , denied materiality . The hysteric , thus von Braun's thesis , rebels against the role which the logos has ascribed to women by simulating and exaggerating this role : Hysteria is “ die große ...
... woman comes to represent the original , denied materiality . The hysteric , thus von Braun's thesis , rebels against the role which the logos has ascribed to women by simulating and exaggerating this role : Hysteria is “ die große ...
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... woman's rebellion against patriarchal ascriptions ( cf. Cixous and Clément 1986 [ 1975 ] , Showalter 1985 , Bernheimer and Kahane 1990 ) . The historical connection of woman's discontent and hysteria was complex . On the one hand ...
... woman's rebellion against patriarchal ascriptions ( cf. Cixous and Clément 1986 [ 1975 ] , Showalter 1985 , Bernheimer and Kahane 1990 ) . The historical connection of woman's discontent and hysteria was complex . On the one hand ...
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... Woman's vagina as a proof for her femaleness : ( The flap opens . The Woman is dancing . Tinker masturbates furiously until she speaks . ) Woman : Doctor . Tinker : Don't waste my fucking time . Sit . [ ... ] Open your legs . Woman : I ...
... Woman's vagina as a proof for her femaleness : ( The flap opens . The Woman is dancing . Tinker masturbates furiously until she speaks . ) Woman : Doctor . Tinker : Don't waste my fucking time . Sit . [ ... ] Open your legs . Woman : I ...
Contents
From termini technici | 10 |
Can performativity materialise as performance? | 17 |
The Drama of Hysteria | 27 |
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