Women's Intercultural Performance

This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates.
Holledge and Tompkins provide ways of thinking about and analysing contemporary performance and representations of the performing, female, culturally-marked body. The book includes discussions of:
* ritual performance by women from Central Australia and Korea
* the cultural exchange of A Doll's House and Antigone
* plays from Algeria, South Africa and Ghana
* the work of the Takarazuka revue company
* the market forces that govern the distribution of women and women's performance.
This is an essential read for anyone studying or interested in women's performance.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Narrative Trajectories: A Doll's House and Antigone 2. Ritual translocations: Kim Kum Hwa and Warlpiri Women 3. Layering Spice: Staging and Remembering 'Home' 4. Intercultural Bodies: Meetings in the Flesh 5. Intercultural Markets: The Female Body and Censorship Bibliography

About the author

Julie Holledge is Director of the Drama Centre at Flinders University, Australia. Joanne Tompkins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Summary

This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Holledge, Holledge Julie, Joanne Tompkins, Tompkins Joanne
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.06.2000
• EAN: 9780415173797
• ISBN: 978-0-415-17379-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Theatre Studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Performance Art, Feminism and feminist theory