Women, Modernism, and Performance

Informationen zum Autor Penny Farfan is Associate Professor of Drama at the University of Calgary. Klappentext Penny Farfan examines the role of women in the history of modernist theatre. Zusammenfassung Women! Modernism! and Performance is an interdisciplinary 2004 study that considers a wide variety of sources in order to clarify the position of women within - and in relation to - modern theatre history. Penny Farfan reveals how playwrights! actors and critics transformed the representation of gender in art and life. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From 'Hedda Gabler' to 'Votes for Women': Elizabeth Robins's early feminist critique of Ibsen; 2. Feminist Shakespeare: Ellen Terry's comic ideal; 3. Unimagined parts, unlived selves: Virginia Woolf on Ellen Terry and the art of acting; 4. Staging the ob/scene; 5. Writing/performing: Virginia Woolf between the acts; 6. Feminism, tragedy, history: the fate of Isadora Duncan; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Penny Farfan, Penny (University of Calgary) Farfan, Farfan Penny
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.08.2007
• EAN: 9780521040983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04098-3
• Pagine: 188
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls