| Performance and Femininity in Eighteenth-Century German Women's Writing: The Impossible Act 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Arons, W. (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349534528 ISBN-13: 9781349534524 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 830.992 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Germany - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Wendy Arons examines how women writers used theater and performance to investigate the problem of female subjectivity and to intervene in the dominant discourse about ideal femininity. Arons shows how contemporary demands for sincerity and authenticity placed a peculiar burden on women in the public sphere, especially on actresses, who - like professional writers - overstepped the boundaries of what was considered proper behavior for women. Paradoxically, in their representations of ideal women engaged in performance, these writers expose ideal femininity as an impossible act, even as they attempt to perform it in their writing and in their lives. |