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A Good Night Out for the Girls: Popular Feminisms in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
E. Aston
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Description for A Good Night Out for the Girls: Popular Feminisms in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
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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, this book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance.
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, this book offers a lucid and accessible account of popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Performance Interventions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137518200
SKU
V9781137518200
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Ref
99-1
About E. Aston
ELAINE ASTON and GERALDINE HARRIS are theatre professors based at Lancaster University, UK. Elaine's publications include Feminist Views on the English Stage (2003) and Caryl Churchill (3rd edition, 2010). Geraldine's previous publications include Staging Femininities (1999) and Beyond Representation: The Politics and Aesthetics of Television Drama (2006). Together they have co-edited Feminist Futures: Theatre, Performance, Theory (2006) and co-authored Performance ... Read more
Reviews for A Good Night Out for the Girls: Popular Feminisms in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
“It offers very personal accounts from both Aston and Harris as to their own experiences both as feminist scholars and performance spectators, making this a valuable addition to the fields of feminist studies and performance studies. … The personal, woman-centred tone deftly reflects the complex nature of the theoretical positions, performances and audiences being discussed.” (Cath Badham, Platform Postgraduate Journal ... Read more