Rape on the contemporary stage

"This volume investigates the representation of rape in British and Irish theatre since the second wave of the Women's Movement. Mainly focusing on the period from the 1990s to the present, it identifies key feminist debates on rape and gender, and introduces a set of ideas about the funct...

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Main Author: Fitzpatrick, Lisa (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Contents
Table of Contents
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Volltext (doi)
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: 58 A 8289
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Keywords:
Rape in literature
Rape victims in literature
Violence in literature
Drama > 21st century > History and criticism
Theater > Great Britain > History
Theater > Ireland > History
Englisches Sprachgebiet > Theater > Vergewaltigung > Inszenierung > Geschichte 1970-2018
Großbritannien > Drama > Vergewaltigung > Motiv > Gewalt > Motiv > Geschichte 1990-2018
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Summary:"This volume investigates the representation of rape in British and Irish theatre since the second wave of the Women's Movement. Mainly focusing on the period from the 1990s to the present, it identifies key feminist debates on rape and gender, and introduces a set of ideas about the function of rape as a form of embodied, gendered violence to the analysis of dramaturgical and performance strategies used in a range of important and/or controversial works"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276), filmography (page 257) and index
Physical Description:ix, 281 Seiten 21 cm x 14.8 cm
ISBN:9783319708447
3319708449
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-70845-4