| Unmaking Mimesis: Essays on Feminism and Theatre Contributor(s): Diamond, Elin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415012295 ISBN-13: 9780415012294 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 Annotation: Through a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance, Elin Diamond demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. Unmaking Mimesis will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 792.082 |
| LCCN: 96008881 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.14" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Unmaking Mimesis Elin Diamond interrogates the concept of mimesis in relation to feminism, theatre and performance. She combines psychoanalytic, semiotic and materialist strategies with readings of selected plays by writers as diverse as Ibsen, Brecht, Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill and Peggy Shaw. Through a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance she demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. Unmaking Mimesis will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern. |
