| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 332 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Fiona Shaw FOREWORD; Lizbeth Goodman INTRODUCTION: GENDER IN PERFORMANCE; Katharine Cockin INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE; Jane de Gay NAMING NAMES: AN OVERVIEW OF WOMEN IN THEATRE, 1500 1900; Lisa Jardine UNPICKING THE TAPESTRY: THE SCHOLAR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY AS PENELOPE AMONG HER SUITORS*; Elaine Aston FINDING A TRADITION: FEMINISM AND THEATRE HISTORY*; Penny Gay THE HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE'S UNRULY WOMEN*; Jean E. Howard CROSS-DRESSING, THE THEATRE AND GENDER STRUGGLE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND* |
| Summary |
This Reader reviews ways in which sexuality has been explored and expressed in new forms of performance art and dance, women's contributions to theatre history, and how theatre has represented women over the centuries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Women in the theater.
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Feminism and theater.
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Feminist theater.
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Feminist drama.
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Feminist drama
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Feminism and theater
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Feminist theater
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Women in the theater
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Goodman, Lizbeth, 1964-
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De Gay, Jane, 1966-
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| ISBN |
9780203143926 |
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0203143922 |
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9780415165822 |
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0415165822 |
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9780415165839 |
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0415165830 |
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0203220684 |
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9780203220689 |
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1280327367 |
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9781280327360 |
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