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Female absence : women, theatre and other metaphors Rob Baum Published by P.I.E.-Peter Lang (2003) |
Book description
How did women appear onstage? When? How do women feel about the presence
- or absence - of the female actor? The subject of this book is female
absence and the writing, reading, and making of dramatic worlds that
construct woman as a metaphor. The works discussed and analysed are not
the texts of women, but exemplify the male gaze on what it means to be a
woman. Approved and canonical, these works from the long tradition of
Western theatre have defined female identity since the times of
Aristotle and Socrates; they say what is required to be a woman and how
women have been historically viewed, and therefore created, by the works
of men.
In the metaphorical superstructure of theatre, women have become
metaphors, by means of real and experienced processes. But female
disempowerment and metaphorisation have not been conclusively identified
or investigated with respect to the operations of the theatrical
metaphor. This work enables the reader to see and experience these
mechanisms of language and action. [Peter Lang]
About the Author
Dr. Rob Baum is a senior lecturer in drama and theatre studies at Monash University.
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