Men at Play - Masculinities in Australian Theatre since the 1950s (Paperback)

How are masculinities enacted in Australian theatre? How do Australian playwrights depict masculinities in the present and the past, in the bush and on the beach, in the city and in the suburbs? How do Australian plays dramatise gender issues like father-son relations, romance and intimacy, violence and bullying, mateship and homosexuality, race relations between men, and men's experiences of war and migration? "Men at Play" explores theatre's role in presenting and contesting images of masculinity in Australia. It ranges from often-produced plays of the 1950s to successful contemporary plays - from Dick Diamond's" Reedy River," Ray Lawler's" Summer of the Seventeenth Dol"l, Richard Beynon's" The Shifting Heart" and Alan Seymour's" The One Day of the Year" to David Williamson's" Sons of Cain," Richard Barrett's" The Heartbreak Kid," Gordon Graham's" The Boys" and Nick Enright's" Blackrock." The book looks at plays as they are produced in the theatre and masculinity as it is enacted on the stage. It is written in an accessible style for students and teachers in drama at university and senior high school. The book's contribution to contemporary debates about masculinity will also interest scholars in gender, race and sexuality studies, literary studies and Australian history.

General

Imprint:	Editions Rodopi B.V.
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Australian Playwrights, 11
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Jonathan Bollen • Adrian Kiernander • Bruce Parr
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-90-420-2357-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Promotions
LSN:	90-420-2357-0
Barcode:	9789042023574

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