Women's intercultural performance
This work examines contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates. Holledge and Tompkins provide ways of thinking about and analysing contemporary performance and representations of the performing, female, culturally-marked body. The book includes discussions of: ritual performance by women from Central Australia and Korea; the cultural exchange of "A Doll's …
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This work examines contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates. Holledge and Tompkins provide ways of thinking about and analysing contemporary performance and representations of the performing, female, culturally-marked body. The book includes discussions of: ritual performance by women from Central Australia and Korea; the cultural exchange of "A Doll's House" and "Antigone"; plays from Algeria, South Africa and Ghana; the work of the Takarazuka revue company; and the market forces that govern the distribution of women and women's performance.
An in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates.
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- Publication Date:2000
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2000
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- Description:227 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0415173795, 9780415173797
- oclc:ocn475135825
Table of Contents
Narrative trajectories: "A Doll's House" and "Antigone"; ritual translocations -- Kim Kum Hwa and Warlpiri women; layering spice -- staging and remembering "home"; intercultural bodies -- meetings in the flesh; intercultural markets -- the female body and censorship.
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