The Weyward Sisters: Shakespeare and Feminist Politics - Hardcover

Callaghan, Dympna C.; Helms, Lorraine; Singh, Jyotsna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631177973 ISBN 13: 9780631177975

Publisher: Blackwell Pub, 1994

Synopsis

In this alternative to traditional Shakespeare studies, Dympna Callaghan, Lorraine Helms and Jyotsna Singh address Shakespeare's works in terms of, amongst other things, the feminist history of sexuality, the ideology of romantic love and feminist interventions in performance. Their objective is to produce new interpretations of the plays by locating them at the intersections of a range of contemporary critical, theoretical and cultural practices. Drawing on cultural history, psychoanalysis and performance, the authors provide a materialist feminist account of Shakespeare which attempts to expand the terrain of political approaches to the interpretation of Shakespeare. They write collaboratively, believing that through collaboration they begin to re-define scholarship as a communal enterprise rather than as an isolated, apolitical act.

About this title

About the Author:

Dympna Callaghan is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Textual Studies, Syracuse University, USA.

Lorraine Helms is a writer and performer, based in Santa Cruz, California.

Jyotsna Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Southern Methodist University, USA.

Review:

"This is a fine book. An important and original contribution to feminist Shakespeare studies." Phyllis Rackin, University of Pennsylvania

"This is a fresh book, which will have an invigorating effect on Shakespeare studies. Nothing quite like it exists, and I imagine a wide audience among Shakespeare scholars and students." Jean Howard, Columbia University

About this edition

• Publisher: Blackwell Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0631177973
• ISBN 13: 9780631177975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164