Race, sex, and gender in contemporary women's theatre : the construction of ¿7Fwoman" 🔍
Mary F. Brewer; foreword by Alan Sinfield Liverpool University Press, Liverpool University Press / Books, Liverpool, 1999
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Focusing On Dramatic Works By Contemporary British And American Playwrights, In Conjunction With Feminist Political And Theoretical Texts, This Book Discusses Feminist Constructions Of The Category Woman. It Traces The Ways In Which Mainstream Feminist Representations Of Gender Are Complicit With Dominant Racial And Heterosexual Ideologies. The Plays Addressed Generate Valuable Insights As To How Interpretations Of Woman Structure The Political Field And Determine The Standards Used For Interpreting Woman-as-wife/mother, Woman At Work, And Woman As Object And Subject. A Conclusion Details Where Women Of Difference Should Locate Themselves For Resistance And How Feminists Might Go About Establishing A Progressive Feminist Politics And A Women's Movement That Is Able To Accommodate Differences Of Race, Class, And Sexuality.--jacket. Foreword / Alan Sinfield -- Introduction: Women And Representation -- 1. Representations Of Motherhood -- 2. Othermothers -- 3. Friedan's Daughters: Representations Of Woman At Work -- 4. Woman As Object -- 5. Woman As Subject: Negotiating Multiple Identities -- 6. Infiltrating Woman: Butch/fem Lesbian Subjectivity -- Conclusion: Toward A Progressive Feminist Politics -- A House Of Difference. Mary F. Brewer ; Foreword By Alan Sinfield. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 199-209) And Index.
Alternative author
Brewer, Mary F
Alternative publisher
Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or.: Sussex Academic Press
Alternative publisher
Sussex Academic Press; Sussex Academic Pr
Alternative publisher
Maelenas Press
Alternative edition
Brighton [England], Portland, Or, England, 1999
Alternative edition
United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
Alternative edition
1. publ, Brighton, 1999
Alternative edition
May 1, 2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index.
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x, 218 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-209) and index
date open sourced
2023-06-28
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