Theatre and Sexuality (Theatre And, 31) - Softcover

Dolan, Jill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230220649 ISBN 13: 9780230220645

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan, 2010

Synopsis

Theatre& Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception. The book offers clear introductions to sexual identity politics, ways of 'reading' sexuality on stage and a select history of LGBTQ theatre, including a reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Why is it useful to look at theatre and performance through the lens of sexual identity? How has commercial theatre embraced gay and lesbian work?

Theatre& Sexuality introduces critical methods and artistic practices that link drama, theatre and performance with minority sexualities in both the U.S. and UK. It narrates a select history of LGBTQ theatre from the early 20th century through today. Including an extended reading of Split Britches/Bloolips' production Belle Reprieve, the book offers clear analysis, as well as a celebration, of LGBTQ performance.
 
Foreword by Tim Miller

About the Author:

JILL DOLAN is Professor of English and Theatre at Princeton University, USA, where she is also Director of its programme in the study of women and gender. She is the author of Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre and The Feminist Spectator as Critic, among other books. She writes The Feminist Spectator blog at www.feministspectator.blogspot.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230220649
• ISBN 13: 9780230220645
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 107