Staging politics and gender : French women's drama, 1880-1923 / Cecilia Beach.

Title
  1. Staging politics and gender : French women's drama, 1880-1923 / Cecilia Beach.
Published by
  1. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Author
  1. Beach, Cecilia.

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Description
  1. 186 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. Cecilia Beach examines the political and feminist plays of French playwrights who have been largely 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 theater and forms of social protest theater at the turn of the century.
Subject
  1. French drama > 19th century > History and criticism
  2. French drama > 20th century > History and criticism
  3. French drama > History and criticism
  4. Women and literature > France > History > 20th century
  5. Théâtre français > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique
  6. Théâtre français > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique
  7. Écrits de femmes français > Histoire et critique
  8. Femmes et littérature > France > Histoire > 20e siècle
  9. DRAMA > Continental European
  10. Theatre studies
  11. Literary studies: plays & playwrights
  12. Performing Arts
  13. French drama
  14. French drama > Women authors
  15. Women and literature
  16. Toneelstukken
  17. Politiek
  18. Feminisme
  19. Vrouwelijke auteurs
  20. Frans
Contents
  1. Introduction: theater, politics, and gender -- Staging the revolution: Louise Michel -- Feminism and the freethinkers movement: Nelly Roussel -- Theater of a Tostoïenne: Véra Starkoff -- Braving the law: Madeleine Pelletier -- Theater of ideas: Marie Lenéru.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-179) and index.