Transforming Shakespeare: Contemporary Women's Re-Visions in Literature and Performance - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0312235097 ISBN 13: 9780312235093

Publisher: Palgrave, 1999

Synopsis

This innovative book outlines the great complexity, variety and difference of male identities in Islamic societies. From the Taliban orphanages of Afghanistan to the cafés of Morocco, from the experience of couples at infertility clinics in Egypt to that of Iraqi conscripts, it shows how the masculine gender is constructed and negotiated in the Islamic Ummah. It goes far beyond the traditional notion that Islamic masculinities are inseparable from the control of women, and shows how the relationship between spirituality and masculinity is experienced quite differently from the prevailing Western norms.

About this title

About the Author

Marianne Novy is Professor of English and former Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author ofLove’s Argument: Gender Relations in Shakespeare and the editor of Women’s Re-Visions of Shakespeare.

Review

" Full of fresh insights and ranging widely across the field of contemporary culture, Transforming Shakespeare is an exciting book. It strikingly demonstrates the many provocative ways in which Shakespeare can be ' our contemporary.'" -- Jean E. Howard, Columbia University
" Novy gathers a varied and all-star cast to explore women's 're-visions' of Shakespeare...well-documented and well-written essays offers new visions of Shakespeare for the diverse, postmodern world..." -- "Choice"
" These well-written and accessible essays show how contemporary women subvert or expand upon [Shakespeare's] original texts, covering subjects as diverse as ecofeminism, colonialism, incest and production styles." -- "Library Journal"
0;Full of fresh insights and ranging widely across the field of contemporary culture, Transforming Shakespeare is an exciting book. It strikingly demonstrates the many provocative ways in which Shakespeare can be 6;our contemporary.'1; 2;Jean E. Howard, Columbia University
0;Novy gathers a varied and all-star cast to explore women's 're-visions' of Shakespeare...well-documented and well-written essays offers new visions of Shakespeare for the diverse, postmodern world...1; 2;"Choice"
0;These well-written and accessible essays show how contemporary women subvert or expand upon [Shakespeare's] original texts, covering subjects as diverse as ecofeminism, colonialism, incest and production styles.1; 2;"Library Journal"
“Full of fresh insights and ranging widely across the field of contemporary culture, Transforming Shakespeare is an exciting book. It strikingly demonstrates the many provocative ways in which Shakespeare can be ‘our contemporary.'” —Jean E. Howard, Columbia University
“Novy gathers a varied and all-star cast to explore women's 're-visions' of Shakespeare...well-documented and well-written essays offers new visions of Shakespeare for the diverse, postmodern world...” —"Choice"
“These well-written and accessible essays show how contemporary women subvert or expand upon [Shakespeare's] original texts, covering subjects as diverse as ecofeminism, colonialism, incest and production styles.” —"Library Journal"
"Full of fresh insights and ranging widely across the field of contemporary culture, Transforming Shakespeare is an exciting book. It strikingly demonstrates the many provocative ways in which Shakespeare can be 'our contemporary.'" --Jean E. Howard, Columbia University
"Novy gathers a varied and all-star cast to explore women's 're-visions' of Shakespeare...well-documented and well-written essays offers new visions of Shakespeare for the diverse, postmodern world..." --"Choice"
"These well-written and accessible essays show how contemporary women subvert or expand upon [Shakespeare's] original texts, covering subjects as diverse as ecofeminism, colonialism, incest and production styles." --"Library Journal"

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312235097
• ISBN 13: 9780312235093
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271