Gender and the Italian Stage - From the Renaissance to the Present Day (Paperback, New)

Maggie Gunsberg explores the intersection between gender portrayal and other social categories of class, age and the family in the Italian theatre from the Renaissance to the present day. She examines the developing relationship between patriarchal strategies and the formal properties of the dramatic genre such as plot, comedy and realism. She also considers conventions specific to drama in performance, including images of both femininity and masculinity. An interdisciplinary approach, drawing on semiotics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, theories of spectatorship and dramatic theory from a feminist perspective, informs Gunsberg's critique of landmarks in Italian theatrical history, including work by Machiavelli, Ariosto, Goldoni, D'Annunzio and Pirandello. The book concludes with a chapter on the plays of Franca Rame, assessing the impact of this important figure on contemporary Italian theatre.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	1997
Authors:	Maggie Gunsberg
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-04129-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
LSN:	0-521-04129-5
Barcode:	9780521041294

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