The first collection of feminist theoretical writing on theater, applying feminist critical theory to dramatic texts and performance. Sue-Ellen Case’s introduction surveys the field in the 1980s. Contributors draw on psychoanalytic and Lacanian theory, socialist feminism, lesbian theory and history: Teresa de Lauretis on sexual indifference and lesbian representation, Elin Diamond and Sharon Willis on identity, Glenda Dickerson on womanist African American theater, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano on the female subject in Chicano theater, and Judith Butler on gender as performative act.
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| Title: Performing Feminisms |
| Author: Sue-Ellen Case |
| ISBN: 9780801839696 |
| Subtitle: Feminist Critical Theory and Theatre |
| Genre: Anthology – Nonfiction; Literary Criticism; Performing Arts |
| Subject(s): Feminism And Theater; Feminist literary criticism; Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism |
| Publication Date: 1990-02-01 |
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| Publisher: JHU Press |
| Language: English |
| Format: Paperback |
| Pages: 327 |
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| Notes: Edited by Sue-Ellen Case. Includes Teresa de Lauretis’s essay ‘Sexual Indifference and Lesbian Representation. |
| Book_ID: 119027 |