In Toward the Horizon: Contemporary Queer Theatre as Utopic Activism, I pursue two intersecting goals. First, I offer close readings of theatrical representations of queerness that expand beyond the shallow representations of the not-so-distant past, including the trope of the g…
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This project argues that there is an inherent trans* potentiality in the comedies of William Shakespeare and John Lyly; despite the seeming reinforcement of hegemonic gender norms in the finales of their respective canons, actual staging practices by contemporary theatres sugges…
The relatively short but richly dynamic history of Yiddish-language dramatic literature is intrinsically tied to efforts by European Jewish intellectuals and artists to explore Jewish identity and its changes under the influence of modernization. As Tsarist pogroms under Nichola…
This dissertation examines masculinities in relation to Pahlavi-era Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, within diaspora, as well as the limitations of an ethno-cultural/gender study through ideologies of postidentification. "Performing Persianicity" functions as trope and design…