Feminism and Theatre
โ Scribed by Sue-Ellen Case (auth.)
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 158
- Series
- New Directions in Theatre
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Traditional History: A Feminist Deconstruction....Pages 5-27
Women Pioneers....Pages 28-45
Personal Theatre....Pages 46-61
Radical Feminism and Theatre....Pages 62-81
Materialist Feminism and Theatre....Pages 82-94
Women of Colour and Theatre....Pages 95-111
Towards a New Poetics....Pages 112-132
Back Matter....Pages 133-149
โฆ Subjects
Performing Arts; Feminism
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
"BOOK COVER"; "HALF-TITLE"; "TITLE"; "COPYRIGHT"; "DEDICATION"; "CONTENTS"; "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"; "1 BACKGROUND "; "INTRODUCTION"; "Feminism and theatre history"; "Feminist critical theory and theatre"; "Feminism and theatrical practice/s"; "THE PROJECT"; "Feminism or feminisms? A note on terminology"
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