A good night out for the girls : popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance

Title
  1. A good night out for the girls : popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance / Elaine Aston and Geraldine Harris.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Author
  1. Aston, Elaine.

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Additional authors
  1. Harris, Geraldine (Geraldine Mary)
Description
  1. viii, 218 pages; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. Performance interventions
Uniform title
  1. Performance interventions.
Subject
  1. Feminist drama > History and criticism
  2. Feminism and theater
  3. Women in the performing arts
  4. Women in the theater
  5. Theater audiences > Great Britain
Contents
  1. Introduction: "a good night out for the girls" -- Jam and Jerusalem, sentimentality and feminism: calendar girls -- Roaring women and class acts: the naked truth and the Chippendales' ultimate girls night out -- Age liberation: Susan Boyle, "Grumpy old women" and Virginia Ironside's monologues -- Once more with feeling: Joanna Murray-Smith's The female of the species and Nic Green's trilogy -- Work, family, romance and the utopian sensibilities of the chick megamusical Mamma Mia! -- The ghosts of new burlesque -- Entertaining others: Shappi Khorsandi and Andi Osho -- "Are we there yet?": final reflections & Marisa Carnesky's Ghost train.
Call number
  1. MWET 13-5357
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-205) and index.
Author
  1. Aston, Elaine.
Title
  1. A good night out for the girls : popular feminisms in contemporary theatre and performance / Elaine Aston and Geraldine Harris.
Publisher
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Performance interventions
  2. Performance interventions.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-205) and index.
Added author
  1. Harris, Geraldine (Geraldine Mary)
LCCN
  1. 2012036828
Other standard identifier
  1. 40021781873
ISBN
  1. 9780230281035
  2. 0230281036
Research call number
  1. MWET 13-5357
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