Split Britches

Lesbian Practice/Feminist Performance
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-12765-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

The Split Britches theatre company have led the way in innovative and challenging lesbian performance for the last decade. Split Britches: Lesbian Practice/Feminist Performance is a long awaited celebration of the theatre and writing of Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw and Deborah Margolin, who make up this outstanding troupe.
This unique anthology comes complete with:

* seven of Split Britches' best loved performance texts
* a critical, historical introduction by Sue-Ellen Case
* programme notes to accompany each of the plays
* a range of stunning photographic illustrations
The publication of the Split Britches play texts, collected here for the first time, provides invaluable access to these celebrated performance pieces for both the student and contemporary arts audience.

Zielgruppe

General

Autoren/Hrsg.

Case, Sue-Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatertheorie, Ästhetik des Theaters, Theaterkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Split Britches 2. Beauty and the Beast, 3. Upwardly Mobile Home, 4. Little Women, 5. Belle Reprieve 6. Lesbians Who Kill, 7. Lust and Comfort.

Über Autor(innen)

Sue-Ellen Case is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside