The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 12
List of contributors......Page 16
Fiona Shaw FOREWORD......Page 24
Lizbeth Goodman INTRODUCTION: GENDER IN PERFORMANCE......Page 28
Katharine Cockin INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE......Page 46
Jane de Gay NAMING NAMES: AN OVERVIEW OF WOMEN IN THEATRE, 1500  1900......Page 52
Lisa Jardine UNPICKING THE TAPESTRY: THE SCHOLAR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY AS PENELOPE AMONG HER SUITORS*......Page 56
Elaine Aston FINDING A TRADITION: FEMINISM AND THEATRE HISTORY*......Page 62
Penny Gay THE HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE'S UNRULY WOMEN*......Page 68
Jean E.Howard CROSS-DRESSING, THE THEATRE AND GENDER STRUGGLE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND*......Page 74
Gerry Harris INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO......Page 82
Elizabeth Howe ENGLISH ACTRESSES IN SOCIAL CONTEXT: SEX AND VIOLENCE*......Page 87
Ellen Donkin OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS: WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS IN LONDON, 1660  1800*......Page 92
Tracy C.Davis THE SOCIAL DYNAMIC AND 'RESPECTABILITY'*......Page 97
Viv Gardner THE NEW WOMAN IN THE NEW THEATRE*......Page 101
Maggie B.Gale A NEED FOR REAPPRAISAL: WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS ON THE LONDON STAGE, 1918  58*......Page 107
Susan Bassnett INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE......Page 114
Julie Holledge INNOCENT FLOWERS NO MORE: THE CHANGING STATUS OF WOMEN IN THEATRE......Page 119
Caroline Gardiner WHAT SHARE OF THE CAKE? THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE ENGLISH THEATRE (1987)*......Page 124
Jennie Long WHAT SHARE OF THE CAKE NOW? THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE ENGLISH THEATRE (1994)*......Page 130
Sarah Werner NOTES ON SHARING THE CAKE......Page 135
Linda Fitzsimmons ARCHIVING, DOCUMENTING AND TEACHING WOMEN'S THEATRE WORK......Page 140
Alison Oddey DEVISING (WOMEN'S) THEATRE AS MEETING THE NEEDS OF CHANGING TIMES......Page 145
Carole Woddis BACK TO THE FUTURE: A VIEW FROM 1997......Page 152
Susan Melrose INTRODUCTION TO PART FOUR......Page 158
Gayle Austin FEMINIST THEORIES: PAYING ATTENTION TO WOMEN*......Page 163
Sue-Ellen Case TOWARDS A NEW POETICS*......Page 170
Barbara Smith TOWARD A BLACK FEMINIST CRITICISM*......Page 176
Sandra L.Richards WRITING THE ABSENT POTENTIAL: DRAMA, PERFORMANCE AND THE CANON OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE*......Page 183
Lesley Ferris INTRODUCTION TO PART FIVE: CROSS-DRESSING AND WOMEN'S THEATRE......Page 192
Michelene Wandor CROSS-DRESSING, SEXUAL REPRESENTATION AND THE SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOUR IN THEATRE......Page 197
Marjorie Garber DRESS CODES, OR THE THEATRICALITY OF DIFFERENCE*......Page 203
Gail Finney DEMYTHOLOGIZING THE FEMME FATALE: WILDE'S SALOM*......Page 209
Claire MacDonald INTRODUCTION TO PART SIX......Page 216
Lizbeth Goodman BRITISH FEMINIST THEATRES: TO EACH HER OWN*......Page 222
Charlotte Canning THE LEGACIES OF FEMINIST THEATRES IN THE USA*......Page 229
Kirsten F.Nigro INVENTIONS AND TRANSGRESSIONS: A FRACTURED NARRATIVE ON FEMINIST THEATRE IN MEXICO*......Page 234
Vera Shamina WOMEN IN RUSSIAN THEATRE......Page 240
Miki Flockemann WOMEN, FEMINISM AND SOUTH AFRICAN THEATRE......Page 245
Peta Tait FEMINISM IN AUSTRALIAN THEATRE*......Page 250
Janet Adshead-Lansdale INTRODUCTION TO PART SEVEN......Page 258
Jeanie K.Forte WOMEN'S PERFORMANCE ART: FEMINISM AND POSTMODERNISM*......Page 263
Janet Wolff DANCE CRITICISM: FEMINISM, THEORY AND CHOREOGRAPHY*......Page 268
Alexandra Carter FEMINIST STRATEGIES FOR THE STUDY OF DANCE......Page 274
Mandakranta Bose GENDER AND PERFORMANCE: CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCING......Page 278
Moe Meyer RECLAIMING THE DISCOURSE OF CAMP*......Page 282
Mick Wallis PERFORMING SEXUALITY IN PSYCHIC SPACE......Page 286
Susan Bennett INTRODUCTION TO PART EIGHT......Page 292
Laura Mulvey VISUAL PLEASURE AND NARRATIVE CINEMA*......Page 297
Teresa de Lauretis SEXUAL INDIFFERENCE AND LESBIAN REPRESENTATION*......Page 303
Judith Butler FROM: BODIES THAT MATTER: ON THE DISCURSIVE LIMITS OF 'SEX'*......Page 309
Jill Dolan THE DISCOURSE OF FEMINISMS: THE SPECTATOR AND REPRESENTATION*......Page 315
Stephen Regan RECEPTION THEORY, GENDER AND PERFORMANCE......Page 322
Susan Kozel MULTI-MEDEA: FEMINIST PERFORMANCE USING MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES......Page 326
Lois Weaver AFTERWORD......Page 330
Bibliography and suggested further reading......Page 332
Index......Page 352