Unmaking mimesis : essays on feminism and theater / Elin Diamond.
Diamond, Elin.
1997
PN1590.W64 D53 1997 (Mapit)
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Title Unmaking mimesis : essays on feminism and theater / Elin Diamond.
Author Diamond, Elin.
ISBN 0415012287 (alk. paper)
9780415012287 (alk. paper)
0415012295 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415012294 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780203358900
0203358902
Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Language English
Description xvi, 226 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number PN1590.W64 D53 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 792.082
Summary Through a a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance, Elin Diamond demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. This book will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern.
Note Through a a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance, Elin Diamond demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. This book will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-217) and index.
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pt. I. Unmaking mimesis. 1. Realism"s hysteria: disruption in the theater of knowledge
pt. II. Gestic feminist criticism. 2. Brechtian theory/feminist theory: toward a gestic feminist criticism. 3. Gestus, signature, body in the theater of Aphra Behn. 4. Caryl Churchill"s plays: the gestus of invisibility
pt. III. Toward a feminist postmodern. 5. Identification and mimesis: the theater of Adrienne Kennedy. 6. Performance and temporality: feminism, experience, and mimetic transformation.

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