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AUTO/BIOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY
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| By: |
Maggie B. Gale (Editor), Viv Gardner (Editor), Kate Dorney |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719063337 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719063336 |
| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2009 |
| Series: |
Women, Theatre and Performance |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
This book looks at how a range of women in the theatre - actors, managers, writers and live artists - have used, and still use, autobiography and performance as both a means of expression and control of their private and public selves on the page and on the stage from the late eighteenth century to the present day. -- . |
| Synopsis: |
This groundbreaking book shows how female performers - one of the first groups of professional women - used and still use autobiography and performance as both a means of expression and control of their private and public selves, the 'face and the mask'. It looks at how a range of women in the theatre - actors, managers, writers and live artists - have done this on the page and on the stage from the late eighteenth-century to the present day, testing the boundaries between gender, theatre and autobiographical form. This paperback edition facilitates connections - between texts and performances, past and present practitioners, professional and private selves, individuals and communities, all of which have in some way renegotiated identity through autobiography and the creative act.'Auto/biography and identity' is a landmark in theatre history and performance analysis, in gender and cultural theory, and autobiographical studies. -- . |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, black & white |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |