Feminist Futures?: Theatre, Performance, Theory (Performance Interventions) [Paperback]

Geraldine Harris (Editor), Elaine Aston (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1403945330 | ISBN-13: 978-1403945334 | Edition: First Edition

This work is a timely contribution to the debates surrounding feminism, theatre and performance. The excellent, cross-generational mix of theatre scholars and practitioners engaging in lively, cutting-edge debates on critical topics make this essential reading for students and scholars in Theatre and Performance Studies as well as Gender Studies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Feminist Futures?, like feminism itself, [is] a polyvocal interrogation of complex issues which can have no single articulation or solution, but in which many different voices speak of common concerns."--Laura Baggaley, Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

GERALDINE HARRIS is Professor of Theatre Studies at Lancaster University, UK. She has published widely on female performance and performativity including Staging Femininities (1999). Her more recent book Beyond Representation focuses on the politics and aesthetics of television drama. She also works as a devisor, writer, director and adapter.

ELAINE ASTON is Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University, UK. She has published extensively on feminist theatre and performance, and her major works include An Introduction to Feminism and Theatre (1997) and Feminist Views on the English Stage (2003). With Geraldine Harris, she leads the AHRC funded research project on Women's Writing for Performance.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (December 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1403945330
• ISBN-13: 978-1403945334
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,945,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)