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The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance
Contributor(s): Goodman, Lizbeth (Editor), De Gay, Jane (Editor)
ISBN: 0415165830     ISBN-13: 9780415165839
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $59.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 1998
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Annotation: i The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance /i blends some of the most influential and widely-known work on gender and performing arts, with exciting and provocative new writings in the field. A must for anyone interested in theatre and performance art, this collection addresses complex questions about gender, from the history of women's involvement in the theatre to modern preoccupations with the body. br br Divided topically, each section opens with a piece that links the essays included. Some issues covered include women's stage work, women's bodies on stage, feminist approaches, comparative perspectives, women's status in the theater, and the reception and reviewing of women's dramatic work. The collection takes a thoroughly international approach with specially commissioned articles of post-Apartheid South Africa and post-communist Russia. It also reviews ways in which sexuality has been explored and expressed in new forms of performance art and dance. br br Essential reading for feminists, theater enthusiasts and theater and art practitioners, this reader is the most up-to-date resource for the exploration of gender and performance. br br Contributors: Fiona Shaw, Katharine Kockin, Jane de Gay, Lisa Jardine, Elaine Aston, Penny Gay, Jean E. Howard, Gerry Harris, Elizabeth Howe, Ellen Donkin, Tracy C. Davis, Viv Gardner, Maggie Gale, Susan Bassnett, Julie Holledge, Caroline Gardiner, Jennie Long, Sarah Werner, Linda Fitzsimmons, Alison Oddey, Carole Woddis, Susan Melrose, Gayle Austin, Sue- Ellen Case, Barbara Smith, Sandra L. Richards, Lesley Ferris, Michelene Wandor, Marjorie Garber, Gail Finney, Claire MacDonald, Lizbeth Goodman, Charlotte Canning, Kirsten F. Nigro, Vera Shamina, Micki Flockemann, Peta Tait, Janet Adshead-Lansdale, Jeanie K. Forte, Janet Wolff, Alexandra Carter, Mandakranta Bose, Moe Meyer, Mick Wallis, Susan Bennett, Laura Mulvey, Teresa de Lauretis, Judith Butler, Jill Dolan, Stephen Regan, Susan Kozel and Lois Weaver.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Performing Arts | Theater - General
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 792.082
LCCN: 97053173
Lexile Measure: 1500
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.23" W x 9.17" (1.04 lbs) 360 pages
 
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The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance presents the most influential and widely-known, critical work on gender and performing arts, together with exciting and provocative new writings. It provides systematically arranged articles to guide the reader from topic to topic, and specially linked articles by scholars and teachers to explain key issues and put the extracts in context. This comprehensive volume:
* reviews women's contributions to theatre history
* includes contributions from many of the top academics in this discipline
* examines how theatre has represented women over the centuries
* introduces readers to major theoretical approaches and more complex questions about gender, the body and cross-dressing
* offers an international perspective, including material from post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Russia.