| Description |
xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Critical perspectives on women and gender |
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Critical perspectives on women and gender.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Presence and Desire - Feminism and Theater Studies -- Ch. 1. Personal, Political, Polemical: Feminist Approaches to Politics and Theater -- Ch. 2. Staking Claims and Positions: The Women and Theatre Program, San Diego, and the Danger Zone -- Ch. 3. In Defense of the Discourse: Materialist Feminism, Postmodernism, Poststructuralism...and Theory -- Ch. 4. Gender, Sexuality, and "My Life" in the (University) Theatre -- Ch. 5. Desire Cloaked in a Trenchcoat -- Ch. 6. Breaking the Code: Musings on Lesbian Sexuality and the Performer -- Ch. 7. Peeling Away the Tropes of Visibility: Lesbian Sexuality and Materialist Performance Practice -- Ch. 8. "Lesbian" Subjectivity in Realism: Dragging at the Margins of Structure and Ideology -- Ch. 9. The Body as Flesh: Or, the Danger of the Visual -- Ch. 10. Practicing Cultural Disruptions: Gay and Lesbian Representation and Sexuality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminism and theater -- United States.
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Feminist criticism -- United States.
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Feminist theater -- United States.
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Lesbianism.
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Sex role.
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| LC no. |
93032476 |
| ISBN |
0472065300 |
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0472095307 |
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