Feminist Spectator in Action

Feminist Criticism for the Stage and Screen

AvJill S. Dolan

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

Based on her award-winning blog, The Feminist Spectator, Jill Dolan presents a lively feminist perspective in reviews and essays on a variety of theatre productions, films and television series—from The Social Network and Homeland to Split Britches' Lost Lounge.Demonstrating the importance of critiquing mainstream culture through a feminist lens, Dolan also offers invaluable advice on how to develop feminist critical thinking and writing skills. This is an essential read for budding critics and any avid spectator of the stage and screen.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2013-06-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781137032898

Utforska kategorier

Teater inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Jill Dolan is Annan Professor in English and Professor of Theatre at Princeton University, USA, where she is also Director of its programme in Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre and The Feminist Spectator as Critic, among other books. She writes The Feminist Spectator blog at www.feministspectator.blogspot.com.

Recensioner i media

The Feminist Spectator is certainly a reader-friendly text … The Feminist Spectator will make an engaging addition to any feminist classroom or scholarly bookshelf. Reminding us of feminist hope–both in theory and practice–this book is a call to action, as well as a touchstone, for twenty-first-century feminist teachers and learners.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPART I: ADVOCACY1. Dynasty Handbag2. The Kids are All Right3. Dog and Pony Show4. The Hurt Locker5. Circumstance6. Scandal7. Young Adult8. Girls and Tiny FurniturePART II: ACTIVISM 9. Mamma Mia!10. Nurse Jackie11. For Colored Girls12. The Black Swan13. The Social Network14. The Hunger Games15. BravePART III: ARGUMENT 16. The Merchant of Venice17. The Normal Heart18. Children's Hour19. Homeland20. Porgy and Bess21. Wit22. Death of a Salesman23. Clybourne Park24. TomboyPART IV: ARTISTRY25. Friday Night Lights26. Come Back, Little Sheba27. Hair28. Let Me Down Easy29. Bridesmaids30. Lost Lounge31. Once32. Jomama Jones33. Midsummer Night's Dream34. Your Sister's SisterPART V: HOW TO BE A FEMINIST CRITIC/SPECTATOR Suggestions for Further ReadingAppendixIndex.