Feminism and Theatre

by Sue-Ellen Case, Bryan Reynolds

Overview

First published in 1988, this study by Sue-Ellen Case is now regarded as a classic in the field, serving as both an important introduction to, and an overview of, the relationship between feminism and theatre. It raises questions for the feminist historian who inherits a tradition of theatre history in which women playwrights and actresses are conspicuously absent, and constructs an alternative history of what women have done.

This timely reissued edition features a new Foreword by leading scholar Elaine Aston, who examines the context in which Case's book was written, the influence it had on first publication, subsequent developments in the field and the continued significance of the work.

About the Author:
Sue-Ellen Case is Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in Theater at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

About the Author:
Elaine Aston is Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350316515
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/14/2008
Series:	New Directions in Theatre
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	296 KB

About the Author

SUE-ELLEN CASE is Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in Theater, UCLA, USA.

ELAINE ASTON is Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University, UK where she teaches and researches feminist theatre, theory and performance, a field in which she is widely published. Her authored studies include An Introduction to Feminism and Theatre (1994); Caryl Churchill (1997/ 2001); Feminist Theatre Practice (1999) and Feminist Views on the English Stage (2003). She has co-edited four volumes of plays by women and, with Janelle Reinelt, co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights (2000).
SUE-ELLEN CASE is Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in Theater and Director of the Center for Performance Studies at UCLA, USA.
Bryan Reynolds is Chancellor's Professor of Drama at the University of California, Irvine, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Reissued Edition   Elaine Aston     ix
Acknowledgements     xxiv
Introduction     1
Traditional History: A Feminist Deconstruction     5
Women Pioneers     28
Personal Theatre     46
Radical Feminism and Theatre     62
Materialist Feminism and Theatre     82
Women of Colour and Theatre     95
Towards a New Poetics     112
Notes     133
Bibliography     139
Index     145

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Elaine Aston's Foreword should persuade those teaching and studying university courses and modules in drama and theatre that this book is one of the founding texts on feminism and theatre, and should be revisited.' - Robert Burden, University of Teesside, UK

'The new Foreword by Elaine Aston is a welcome addition to this seminal work.' - Sara L. Warner, Cornell University, USA

Editorial Reviews

'The new Foreword by Elaine Aston is a welcome addition to this seminal work.' - Sara L. Warner, Cornell University, USA

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