Female Spectacle : The Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism by Susan A. Glenn (2000, Hardcover)

Harvard University Press

0674003330

9780674003330

1720377

Female Spectacle : the Theatrical Roots of Modern Feminism

Susan A. Glenn

Hardcover

English

Theater / General, Theater / History & Criticism, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Women's Studies

2000

Yes

Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Performing Arts

306 Pages

9.5 in

0.4 in

6.4 in

23.3 Oz

Pn1590.W64g59 2000

Glenn prods readers into thinking about women's demands for roles in public life...As with the best history, Glenn's research sheds light on both past events and present dilemmas. Her argument and research thus provide an important historical context for the recent flood of memoirs about feminist activism in the 1960s-1990s.

Introduction 1. The Bernhardt Effect: Self-Advertising and the Age of Spectacle 2. Mirth and Girth: The Politics of Comedy 3. The Strong Personality: Female Mimics and the Play of the Self 4. The Americanization of Salome: Sexuality, Race, and the Careers of the Vulgar Princess 5."The Eyes of the Enemy": Female Activism and the Paradox of Theater 6."Nationally Advertised Legs": How Broadway Invented "The Girls" 7."Like All the Rest of Womankind Only More So": The Chorus Girl Problem and American Culture Conclusion: The Legacy of Female Spectacle Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index

2000

Trade

00-040683

792/.082/0973

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