Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theatre and GenderRoutledge, 02.09.2003 - 224 Seiten Re-Dressing the Canon examines the relationship between gender and performance in a series of essays which combine the critique of specific live performances with an astute theoretical analysis. Alisa Solomon discusses both canonical texts and contemporary productions in a lively jargon-free style. Among the dramatic texts considered are those of Aristophanes, Ibsen, Yiddish theatre, Mabou Mines, Deborah Warner, Shakespeare, Brecht, Split Britches, Ridiculous Theatre, and Tony Kushner. Bringing to bear theories of 'gender performativity' upon theatrical events, the author explores: * the 'double disguise' of cross-dressed boy-actresses * how gender relates to genre (particularly in Ibsens' realism) * how canonical theatre represented gender in ways which maintain traditional images of masculinity and femininity. |
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... gender, showing how theater both reproduces and resists dominant culture. Combining theoretical analysis with performance criticism, Re-Dressing the Canon bridges theory and practice to make for a highly stimulating volume for theorists ...
... gender, showing how theater both reproduces and resists dominant culture. Combining theoretical analysis with performance criticism, Re-Dressing the Canon bridges theory and practice to make for a highly stimulating volume for theorists ...
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Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. Re-Dressing the Canon Essays on Theater and Gender Alisa Solomon London and New York First published 1997 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London. Re-Dressing the Canon.
Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. Re-Dressing the Canon Essays on Theater and Gender Alisa Solomon London and New York First published 1997 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London. Re-Dressing the Canon.
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Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. For Peter W.Ferran incendiary teacher, cherished friend Contents List ofplates Acknowledgements Introduction: how easy is a bush.
Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. For Peter W.Ferran incendiary teacher, cherished friend Contents List ofplates Acknowledgements Introduction: how easy is a bush.
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... gender strange Queering the canon: Azoi toot a Yid Three canonical crossings Cracking nature's mold: Mabou Mines re-engenders Lear People don't do such things: Charles Ludlam's Hedda Epic fornications: Bloolips and Split Britches do ...
... gender strange Queering the canon: Azoi toot a Yid Three canonical crossings Cracking nature's mold: Mabou Mines re-engenders Lear People don't do such things: Charles Ludlam's Hedda Epic fornications: Bloolips and Split Britches do ...
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Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. Acknowledgements. Everyone knows that theater is a collaborative art. So are books about theater. Many people have helped to bring this one into being. I am grateful to friends who leant me ...
Essays on Theatre and Gender Alisa Solomon. Acknowledgements. Everyone knows that theater is a collaborative art. So are books about theater. Many people have helped to bring this one into being. I am grateful to friends who leant me ...
Inhalt
1 | |
Shakespeares crossdressed boyactresses
and the nonillusory stage | 21 |
reconstructing
Ibsens realism | 45 |
The Good Person of Szechwan and making gender strange | 67 |
Azoi toot a Yid | 91 |
5 Three canonical crossings | 125 |
not just a passing fancy notes on butch | 159 |
Notes | 173 |
Index | 197 |
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