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Fearless femininity by women in American theatre, 1910s-2010s /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greeley, Lynne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, New York : Cambria Press, [2015]
Series:Cambria contemporary global performing arts series.
Subjects:
Feminism and theater > History > 20th century.
Feminism and theater > History > 21st century.
Feminist drama > History and criticism.
Women in the theater.
Women in the performing arts.
Femininity in popular culture.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, femininity meets feminism
  • Naked on a box: scripting femininity
  • A song in white and black: May Irwin and Angelina Weld Grimké
  • Silence, absence and transgression: Susan Glaspell and Sophie Treadwell
  • Reluctant mothers: Megan Terry and Bobbi Ausubel
  • Ritual and spirituality: Martha Boesing and Spiderwoman
  • Material desire: feminist theatre, Holly Hughes and a female Faust
  • Emotional creatures and brazen acts: Eve Ensler and Rivka Solomon
  • "Feminism is for everybody": Caridad Svich and Sarah Ruhl
  • Going global: Lynn Nottage and a rainbow of women.