An authoritative guide to contemporary debates and theatre
practices at a time when gender paradigms are both in flux and at
the centre of explosive political battlegrounds. The confluence of
gender and theatre has long created a site of intense debate about
the roles of men, women, and other gendered identifications.
Whether it's Shakespeare’s cross-dressed boys or the banning of
women in traditional kabuki or on-going reflections of two-spirit
ontologies in American Indian and First Nations performances, the
matter of gender has frequently taken centre stage. The Methuen
Drama Handbook of Gender and Theatre examines how critical
discourses on gender (understood through intersectional and
transnational frames) intersect with key debates in the field of
theatre studies, as a lens to illuminate the practices of both
gender and theatre as well as the societies they inform and
represent across space and time. Of interest to scholars in the
interrelated areas of feminist, gender and sexuality studies,
globalization studies, theatre and performance studies, cultural
studies, and transnational and diasporic studies, its specially
commissioned essays demonstrate how researchers are currently
handling theatre about gender issues and gendered theatre
practices. While synthesizing and summarizing foundational and
evolving debates from a contemporary perspective, this is a
collection that offers interpretations and analyses that do not
simply look back at existing scholarship, but open up new
possibilities, paradigms and understandings of gender and theatre.
Featuring a series of essential research tools, including an
annotated play list, this is an indispensable scholarly handbook
for anyone working in theatre and performance.
General
| Imprint: |
Methuen Drama
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Methuen Drama Handbooks |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Editors: |
Sean Metzger
• Roberta Mock
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
576 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-12317-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-350-12317-X |
| Barcode: |
9781350123175 |
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