For more than two decades, feminist theater troupes, playwrights,
comedians, and performance artists have challenged convention,
raised consciousness, and provoked controversy. Acting Out is the
first collection of essays to critically examine the impact that
these performers, from the Women's Experimental Theater in the
1970s to contemporary artists such as Madonna, Karen Finley,
Cherrie Moraga, Holly Hughes, and Anna Deavere Smith, have had on
Anglo-American culture. These original essays cover a variety of
subjects including alternative theater, the diversity of feminist
aesthetic strategies, stand-up comedy and the politics of gender,
lesbian sexuality, and the antifeminist, anti-abortion
demonstrations of Operation Rescue. Both a critical account of
contemporary feminist performance and an illustration of its depth
and diversity, Acting Out is essential reading for anyone
interested in feminist theory, sexual difference, queer theory, or
the politics of contemporary performance. Contributors include
Philip Auslander, C. Carr, Kate Davy, Joyce Devlin, Elin Diamond,
Jill Dolan, Hilary Harris, Lynda Hart, Lynda M. Hill, Julia Malnig,
Vivian M. Patraka, Peggy Phelan, Janelle Reinelt, Sandra L.
Richards, Amy Robinson, Judy C. Rosenthal, Rebecca Schneider,
Raewyn Whyte, and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano.
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