Feminist and Queer Performance: Critical Strategies

ISBN-13: 9780230537552 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 240 str.

Sue-Ellen Case

Opis

Sue-Ellen Case is arguably the most influential and significant scholar in feminist and queer theatre studies. This collection brings together her most important writing. Framing this with new introductory material, Sue-Ellen Case will contextualise her work within broader developments in critical theory and feminist / lesbian studies.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION.- PART I: QUEER THEORY AND PERFORMANCE.- Making Butch: A Historical Memoir of 1970s Butch / Femme.- Towards a Butch-Femme Aesthetic.- Toward a Butch-Feminist Retro-Future.- Tracking the Vampire.- Making Butch: An Historical Memoir of the 1970's.- PART II: FEMINIST PERFORMANCE.- From Split Subject to Split Britches.- Feminism and Performance: A Post-Disciplinary Couple.- The Masked Activist: Greek Strategies for the Streets.- Performing Feminism on the International Stage.- The Screens of Time: Feminist Hopes and Memoirs.- PART III: GENDERED PERFORMANCE AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES.- Performing the Cyberbody on the Transnational Stage.- Sexing the Interface: Gender, Sex, and the Avatar.

O autorze

SUE-ELLEN CASE is Professor and Chair of Critical Studies in Theater and Director of the Center for Performance Studies at UCLA, USA.