Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 547 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-16583-9
Verlag: Routledge
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.
Zielgruppe
Undergraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatertheorie, Ästhetik des Theaters, Theaterkritik
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Fiona Shaw, Katharine Cockin, The Open University, UK, Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK, Elaine Aston, University of Loughborough, UK, Penny Gay University of Sydney, Australia, Jean E. Howard, Columbia University, USA, Gerry Harris, University of Lancaster, UK, Elizabeth Howe, Ellen Donkin, Hampshire College, USA, Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, USA, Viv Gardner, University of Manchester, UK, Maggie Gale, Birmingham University, UK, Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick, UK, Julie Holledge, Flinders University of South Australia, Caroline Gardiner, City University, London, UK, Jennie Long, Sarah Werner, University of Pennsylvania, UK, Linda Fitzsimmons, University of Bristol, UK, Alison Oddey, University of Kent, UK, Carole Woddis, Susan Melrose, Central School of Speech and Drama, UK, Gayle Austin, Georgia State University, USA, Sue-Ellen Case, University of California, Riverside, USA, Barbara Smith, Sandra L. Richards, Northwestern University, USA, Lesley Ferris, Ohio State University, USA, Michelene Wandor, Marjorie Garber, Harvard University, USA, Gail Finney, University of California, Davis, USA, Claire McDonald, DeMontfort University, UK, Charlotte Canning, University of Texas, Austin, USA, Kirsten F. Nigro, University of Cincinnati, USA, Vera Shamina, Kazan University, Russia, Miki Flockemann, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Peta Tait, La Trobe University, Australia, Janet Adshead-Lansdale, University of Surrey, UK, Jeanie K. Forte, Jane Wolff, University of Rochester, USA, Alexandra Carter, Middlesex University, UK, Mandakranta Bose, University of British Columbia, Canada, Moe Meyer, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, USA, Mick Wallis, Loughborough University, UK, Susan Bennett, University of Calgary, Canada, Laura Mulvey, British Film Institute, UK, Teresa de Lauretis, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Jill Dolan, CUNY, USA, Stephen Regan The Open University, UK, Susan Kozel, University of Surrey, UK, Lois Weaver, College of William and Mary, USA
Fiona Shaw
I. The History of Women in Theatre. 1. Chapter Introduction: Women in Theatre 1500-1660,Katherine Cockin. 2. Naming Names: An Overview, Jayne de Gay. 3. Unpicking the Tapestry: The Scholar of Womens History as Penelope among her Suitors,Lisa Jardine. 4. Finding a Tradition: Feminism and Theatre History,Elaine Aston. 5. The History of Shakespeares Unruly Women,Penny Gay. 6. Cross-Dressing, the Theatre and Gender Struggle in early Modern England,Jean E Howard.
II. Women Taking the Stage: The History of Women in Theatre 1660-1960. 1. Chapter Introduction: Women Taking the Stage: The History of Women in Theatre 1660-1960,Gerry Harris. 2. English Actresses in Social Context: Sex and Violence,Elizabeth Howe. 3. Occupational Hazards: Women Playwrights in London 1660-1800,Ellen Donkin. 4. The Social Dynamic and Respectability,Tracy C Davis. 5. The New Woman in the New Theatre,Viv Gardner. 6. A Need for Reappraisal: Women Playwrights on the London Stage, 1918-58,Maggie Gale.
III. The Changing Status of Women in the Theatre. 1. Chapter Introduction: The Changing Status of Women in Theatre, Susan Bassnett. 2. Innocent Flowers No More: The Changing Status of Women in Theatre,Julie Holledge. 3. What Share of the Cake? The Employment of Women in the English Theatre (1987),Caroline Gardiner. 4. What Share of the Cake Now? The Employment of Women in the English Theatre (1994),Jennie Long. 5. Notes on Sharing the Cake,Sarah Werner. 6. Archiving, Documenting and Teaching Womens Theatre Work,Linda Fitzsimmons. 7. Devising (Womens) Theatre as Meeting the Needs of Changing Times,Alison Oddey. 8. Back to the Future,Carole Woddis.
IV. Feminist Approaches to Gender in Performance. 1. Chapter Introduction: What do Women Want (in Theatre)?, susan Melrose. 2. Feminist Theories: Paying Attention to Women,Gayle Austin. 3. Towards a New Poetics,Sue-Ellen Case. 4. Towards a Black Feminist Criticism,Barbara Smith. 5. Writing the Potential Absent: Drama, Performance and the Canon of African-American Literature,Sandra L Richards.
V. Gendering the Bodies of Performance and Criticism. 1. Chapter Introduction: Cross-Dressing and Womens Theatre,Lesley Ferris. 2. Cross- Dressing, Sexual Representation and the Sexual Division of Labour in Theatre,Michelene Wandor. 3. Dress Codes, or the Theatricality of Difference,Marjorie Garber. 4. Demythologising the Femme Fatale: Wildes Salome,Gail Finney.
VI. Comparative Perspectives and Cultures. 1. Chapter Introduction: Comparative Perspectives and Cultures,Claire MacDonald. 2. British Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own,Lizbeth Goodman. 3. The Legacies of Feminist Theatres in the USA,Charlotte Canning. 4. Inventions and Transgressions: A Fractured Narrative on Feminist Theatre in Mexico,Kirsten F Nigro. 5. Women in Russian Theatre,Vera Shamina. 6. Women, Feminism and South Africa Theatre,Miki Flockemann. 7. Feminism in Australian Theatre,Pete Tait.
VII. Feminisms, Sexualities, Spaces and Forms. 1.Chapter Introduction: Feminisms, Sexualities, Spaces and Forms,Janet Adshead-Lansdale. 2. Womens Performance Art: Feminism and Postmodernism,Jeanie K Forte. 3. Dance Criticism: Feminism, Theory and Choreography,Janet Wolff. 4. Feminist Strategies for the Study of Dance,Alexandra Carter. 5. Gender and Performance: Classical Indian Dancing,Mandakranta Bose. 6. Reclaiming the Discourse of Camp,Moe Meyer. 7. Performing Sexuality in Psychic Space,Mick Wallis.
VIII. Reception and Reviewing. 1.Chapter Introduction: Reception and Reviewing,Susan Bennett. 2. Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinama,Laura Mulvey.
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.
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.
