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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784212503321

Autore

Beach Cecilia

Titolo

Staging politics and gender [[electronic resource] ] : French women's drama, 1880-1923 / / Cecilia Beach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36417-7

9786611364175

1-4039-7874-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 187 p.)

Disciplina

842/.8099287

Soggetti

French drama - 19th century - History and criticism

French drama - 20th century - History and criticism

French drama - Women authors - History and criticism

Women and literature - France - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-179) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In Staging Politics and Gender , Cecilia Beach examines the political and feminist plays of French playwrights who have largely been overlooked until now. Beach highlights the importance of theatrical endeavors which women perceived as a powerful way to promote political opinions. The author analyzes the work of Louise Michel, Nelly Roussel, Marie Leneru, Vera Starkoff, and Madeline Pelletier and discusses anarchist theatre and forms of social protest theatre at the turn of the century.