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Looking through gender post-1980 British and Irish drama
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This contribution to Theatre Studies explores the shaping and performing of gender identity in British and Irish theatres since the 1980's. It highlights contact zones, conflict areas, and divergen...
This contribution to Theatre Studies explores the shaping and performing of gender identity in British and Irish theatres since the 1980's. It highlights contact zones, conflict areas, and divergencies between the two theatre contexts with reference to historic, socio-political, and cultural clusters. Largely from a queer theory standpoint, this book reads several plays in their attempt to unmask exploiting mechanisms of sexuality and gender regulation. It focuses on alternative notions of soc...
Details
- Creator
- by Samuele Grassi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- ISBNs
- 1283240769, 9786613240767, 1443831182, 1443828734
- OCLC
- ocn748534205, ocn707460506
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-208) and index.
- English
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART II; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART III; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; AFTERWORD; REFERENCES; INDEX
Subjects
- Gender identity in the theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- Gender identity in the theater -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
- Feminism and theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- Feminism and theater -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
- Homosexuality in the theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- Homosexuality in the theater -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
- Theater and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- Theater and society -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.