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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Page xiii
... perspective between the British and American women isnot surprising, thoughthe emphasis which Shange gives to radical feministpolitics andwhich Churchill gives to socialist feminism isimportant. Both Gemsand Brewster question the ...
... perspective between the British and American women isnot surprising, thoughthe emphasis which Shange gives to radical feministpolitics andwhich Churchill gives to socialist feminism isimportant. Both Gemsand Brewster question the ...
Page xiv
... perspective. Megan Terry comments on the male valuing of feminist work, while Gillian Hanna argues that itis importantto keepthe feminist agenda withinreach of the theatre, and vice versa. Joan Lipkinarguesthat feminist theatre ...
... perspective. Megan Terry comments on the male valuing of feminist work, while Gillian Hanna argues that itis importantto keepthe feminist agenda withinreach of the theatre, and vice versa. Joan Lipkinarguesthat feminist theatre ...
Page xv
... criticism.There aremany new perspectives,and many writers ofdifferent generations whohave begun toquestion thevalues of 'the classics' and 'the mainstream'. But those who have addressed the issue— practitioners, academics.
... criticism.There aremany new perspectives,and many writers ofdifferent generations whohave begun toquestion thevalues of 'the classics' and 'the mainstream'. But those who have addressed the issue— practitioners, academics.
Page xviii
... perspectives such as theradicalor cultural,the socialist andmaterialist, all assign different values tothat 'apparatus'. The studyof feminist theatre draws upona range ofdisciplines, includingbutnot limitedtoliterary critical analysis ...
... perspectives such as theradicalor cultural,the socialist andmaterialist, all assign different values tothat 'apparatus'. The studyof feminist theatre draws upona range ofdisciplines, includingbutnot limitedtoliterary critical analysis ...
Page xix
... perspective' foregrounding their differences and personal positions in relation to their politics.9In some ways,the idea of a 'situated perspective'—like the concepts of 'positionality' and 'difference' as widely interpreted—may ...
... perspective' foregrounding their differences and personal positions in relation to their politics.9In some ways,the idea of a 'situated perspective'—like the concepts of 'positionality' and 'difference' as widely interpreted—may ...
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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