| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance |
| Author: |
AstonElaine., |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
HarrisGeraldine, |
| Place of Publication: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, N.Y. |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (viii, 218 p.) |
| Series: |
Performance interventions |
| Subject: |
Feminism and theater. - |
| Subject: |
Feminist drama - History and criticism. - |
| Subject: |
Women in the theater. - |
| Subject: |
Women in the performing arts. - |
| Subject: |
Theater audiences - Great Britain. - |
| Subject: |
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137300140 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
"Innovative and engaging, "A Good Night Out for the Girls" looks beyond the confines of the political theatre paradigm that has been the mainstay of feminist theatre interests and theorising. In a departure from the many feminist theorists and philosophers in the last two to three decades who have sought to define and describe the sort of ideal, utopian feminism 'we need', this book looks to the field of theatre and performance to investigate the sort of flawed, sometimes confused and contradictory, but nonetheless lived feminisms that a significant number of women have actually got. Moving across the boundaries of mainstream and experimental circuits, from the affective pleasures of commercially successful shows such as"Calendar Girls" and "Mamma Mia!" to the feminist possibilities of new burlesque and stand-up, the book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance."-- |
| ISBN: |
9781137300140electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137300140electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Introduction: "a good night out for the girls" Jam and Jerusalem, sentimentality and feminism: calendar girls Roaring women and class acts: the naked truth and the Chippendales' ultimate girls night out Age liberation: Susan Boyle, "Grumpy old women" and Virginia Ironside's monologues Once more with feeling: Joanna Murray-Smith's The female of the species and Nic Green's trilogy Work, family, romance and the utopian sensibilities of the chick megamusical Mamma Mia! The ghosts of new burlesque Entertaining others: Shappi Khorsandi and Andi Osho "Are we there yet?": final reflections & Marisa Carnesky's Ghost train. |