None of Us is Yet a Robot - Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

''Draws on a vital history of trans performance - an emerging canon that may no longer be ignored.'' - Morgan M Page, from her foreword Seven turbulent years. Five radical performances. One landmark publication. None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland''s gender transition against a shifting social and political landscape, while grappling with the systematic erasure of trans history.Richly illustrated with images from the performances and designed in close collaboration with the author, the book is a new experience in itself as well as a vital document of Emma''s groundbreaking work in theatre.Featuring introductions from foremost theatre practitioners, including Maddy Costa and Travis Alabanza, this collection of work is an evocative exploration of a trans experience in twenty-first century Britain.>

Product details

• Authors: Emma Frankland, Emma Frankland, Emma (Author) Frankland
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781786826459
• ISBN: 978-1-78682-645-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Oberon Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, Gender Studies: Gruppen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, Individual artists, art monographs, Performance Art, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, DRAMA / LGBTQ+, Gender studies: transgender & intersex, transgender; LGBT; transition; HRT; trans history; erasure