Staging Politics and Gender : French Women's Drama, 1880-1923 / by C. Beach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beach, Cecilia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Literature.

Theater--History.

Theater.

Performing arts.

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Gender Studies.

Theatre History.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

Feminism and Feminist Theory.

Local Subjects:

Gender Studies.

Literature.

Theatre History.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

Feminism and Feminist Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Staging Politics and Gender , Cecilia Beach examines the political and feminist plays of French playwrights who have largely been overlooked until now. Beach highlights the importance of theatrical endeavors which women perceived as a powerful way to promote political opinions. The author analyzes the work of Louise Michel, Nelly Roussel, Marie Leneru, Vera Starkoff, and Madeline Pelletier and discusses anarchist theatre and forms of social protest theatre at the turn of the century.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Introduction: Theater, Politics, and Gender

Chapter Two: Staging the Revolution: Louise Michel

Chapter Three: Feminism and the Freethinkers Movement: Nelly Roussel

Chapter Four: Theater of a Tolstoïenne: Véra Starkoff

Chapter Five: Braving the Law: Madeleine Pelletier

Chapter Six: Theater of Ideas: Marie Lenéru

Chapter Seven: Conclusion and Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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T

U

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W

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-179) and index.

ISBN:

9786611364175

9781281364173

1281364177

9781403978745

1403978743

OCLC:

560462377