Enter the body : women and representation on Shakespeare's stage / Carol Chillington Rutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rutter, Carol Chillington.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Characters--Women.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Human body in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 218 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Enter the Body offers a series of provocative case studies of the work women's bodies do on Shakespeare's intensely body-conscious stage. Rutter's topics are sex, death, race, gender, culture, politics, and the excessive performative body that exceeds the playtext it inhabits. As well as drawing upon vital primary documents from Shakespeare's day, Rutter offers close readings of women's performance's on stage and film in Britain today, from Peggy Ashcroft's (white) Cleopatra and Whoopi Goldberg's (whiteface) African Queen to Sally Dexter's languorous Helen and Alan Howard's raver 'Queen' of Troy.

Contents:

chapter 1 Body parts or parts for bodies: speculating on Cordelia

chapter 2 Snatched bodies: Ophelia in the grave

chapter 3 Shadowing Cleopatra: making whiteness strange

chapter 4 Designs on Shakespeare: Troilus's sleeve, Cressida's glove, Helen's placket

chapter 5 Remembering Emilia: gossiping hussies, revolting housewives.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-76779-X

9786610319732

1-134-76780-3

1-280-31973-9

0-203-43876-0

9780203438763

OCLC:

560003136