Staging Queer Feminisms: Sexuality and Gender in Australian Performance, 2005-20

Description: Staging Queer Feminisms by Sarah French This book examines sexuality, gender and race in Australias vibrant independent theatre and performance culture. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book examines sexuality, gender and race in Australias vibrant independent theatre and performance culture. It analyses selected feminist and queer performances that interrogate the cultural construction of sexuality and gender, challenge the normative trends of mainstream Australian society and culture and open up spaces for alternative representations of gender identity and sexual expression. Offering the first full-length study on sexuality and gender in Australian theatre since 2005, this book reveals a resurgence of feminist themes in independent performance and explores the intersection of feminist and queer politics. Ranging across drag, burlesque, cabaret, theatre and performance art, the book provides an accessible and engaging account of some of the most innovative, entertaining and politically subversive Australian theatrical works from the past decade. Back Cover Sarah Frenchs landmark book astutely frames twenty-first-century performance considered queer and feminist within an artistic category in its own right. It is very exciting to read about these theatrically accomplished but challenging innovative performances, and the complex ways in which they are meaningful. Just as these performances merit thorough investigation, this important book equally deserves the serious attention of a wide readership. -- Peta Tait, La Trobe University, Australia Sarah Frenchs book provides a compelling insight into ten years of vital, subversive, genre-defying Australian performance. She brings the anarchic energy of the performances alive and frames her persuasive analysis within appropriate intersectional feminist and postcolonial frameworks. -- Sarah Gorman, University of Roehampton, UK This book examines sexuality, gender and race in Australias vibrant independent theatre and performance culture. It analyses selected feminist and queer performances that interrogate the cultural construction of sexuality and gender, challenge the normative trends of mainstream Australian society and culture and open up spaces for alternative representations of gender identity and sexual expression. Offering the first full-length study on sexuality and gender in Australian theatre since 2005, this book reveals a resurgence of feminist themes in independent performance and explores the intersection of feminist and queer politics. Ranging across drag, burlesque, cabaret, theatre and performance art, the book provides an accessible and engaging account of some of the most innovative, entertaining and politically subversive Australian theatrical works from the past decade. Author Biography Sarah French is Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she completed her PhD in Creative Arts. She has lectured in Theatre and Cinema Studies and published in the areas of feminist theatre and performance, film and philosophy, television studies and higher education. This is her first book. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Staging Queer Feminisms.- 2. Pleasure, Pain and the Politics of Affect: Moira Finucanes Gotharama and The Feast of Argentina Gina Catalina.- 3. Queer Femme Drag and Female Narcissism in Yana Alanas Between the Cracks.- 4. Disidentifying with The Good Indigenous Citizen: Constantina Bush and Blak Cabaret.- 5. Queering History, Race and Nation in Sisters Grimms Summertime in the Garden of Eden and The Sovereign Wife.- 6. Spectacle, Community and Memory in the Feminist Performance Art of Brown Council.- 7. Radical Feminist Adaptation in The Rabbles Orlando, Story of O and Frankenstein.- 8. Fighting the Power Never Tasted So Sweet: Hot Brown Honey and Concluding Remarks.- Bibliography.- Index.- Promotional "Sarah Frenchs landmark book astutely frames twenty-first-century performance considered queer and feminist within an artistic category in its own right. It is very exciting to read about these theatrically accomplished but challenging innovative performances, and the complex ways in which they are meaningful. Just as these performances merit thorough investigation, this important book equally deserves the serious attention of a wide readership." (Peta Tait, La Trobe University, Australia) "Sarah Frenchs book provides a compelling insight into ten years of vital, subversive, genre-defying Australian performance. She brings the anarchic energy of the performances alive and frames her persuasive analysis within appropriate intersectional feminist and postcolonial frameworks." (Sarah Gorman, University of Roehampton, UK) Long Description This book examines Australian feminist and queer theatrical works from 2004-2014, a period which has seen a significant breakthrough in the way that theatrical performance is viewed in Australia. Examining the work of prominent independent theatre companies and performers, the book explores the ways in which their work reflects and influences transformations in social and cultural attitudes towards sexuality, gender and feminism. Feature Represents the first book on contemporary Australian feminist theatre and performance since 2005 Presents new research and provides analysis of very recent performances Includes photographs of key works, and quotes from interviews with significant Australian theatre makers Details ISBN1137465425 Author Sarah French Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Year 2017 ISBN-10 1137465425 ISBN-13 9781137465429 Format Hardcover Pages 263 Publication Date 2017-04-25 Language English Media Book Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Sexuality and Gender in Australian Performance, 2005-2015 Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title Staging Queer Feminisms DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-46543-6 UK Release Date 2017-04-25 AU Release Date 2017-04-25 NZ Release Date 2017-04-25 Illustrations IX, 263 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2017 Series Contemporary Performance InterActions Alternative 9781349690824 DEWEY 792.086640994 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131344301;

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