The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance [Paperback]

The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performancepresents the most influential and widely-known, critical work on gender and performing arts, together with exciting and provocative new writings. It provides systematically arranged articles to guide the reader from topic to topic, and specially linked articles by scholars and teachers to explain key issues and put the extracts in context. This comprehensive volume:
* reviews women's contributions to theatre history
* includes contributions from many of the top academics in this discipline
* examines how theatre has represented women over the centuries
* introduces readers to major theoretical approaches and more complex questions about gender, the body and cross-dressing
* offers an international perspective, including material from post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Russia.Fiona Shaw, Katharine Cockin, The Open University, UK, Lisa Jardine, Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK, Elaine Aston, University of Loughborough, UK, Penny GayUniversity of Sydney, Australia, Jean E. Howard, Columbia University, USA, Gerry Harris, University of Lancaster, UK, Elizabeth Howe, Ellen Donkin, Hampshire College, USA, Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, USA, Viv Gardner, University of Manchester, UK, Maggie Gale, Birmingham University, UK, Susan Bassnett, University of Warwick, UK, Julie Holledge, Flinders University of South Australia, Caroline Gardiner, City University, London, UK, Jennie Long, Sarah Werner, University of Pennsylvania, UK, Linda Fitzsimmons, University of Bristol, UK, Alison Oddey, University of Kent, UK, Carole Woddis, Susan Melrose, Central SchoolÓ)