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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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