| Auto/Biography and Identity Contributor(s): Dorney, Kate (Editor), Gardner, VIV (Editor), Gale, Maggie B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719063337 ISBN-13: 9780719063336 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: This groundbreaking book shows how female performers have used autobiography and performance as both a means of expression and control of their private and public selves, the "face and the mask." It looks at how actors, managers, writers and live artists have done this on the page and on the stage from the late eighteenth-century to the present day, testing the boundaries between gender, theatre and autobiographical form. This book facilitates connections--between texts and performances, past and present practitioners, professional and private selves, individuals and communities--all of which have in some way renegotiated identity through autobiography and the creative act. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 792.082 |
| Series: Women, Theatre and Performance |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.71 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This groundbreaking book shows how female performers - one of the first groups of professional women - used and still use autobiography and performance as both a means of expression and control of their private and public selves, the 'face and the mask'. It looks at how a range of women in the theatre - actors, managers, writers and live artists - have done this on the page and on the stage from the late eighteenth-century to the present day, testing the boundaries between gender, theatre and autobiographical form. This paperback edition facilitates connections - between texts and performances, past and present practitioners, professional and private selves, individuals and communities, all of which have in some way renegotiated identity through autobiography and the creative act. 'Auto/biography and identity' is a landmark in theatre history and performance analysis, in gender and cultural theory, and autobiographical studies. |