Staging Masculinities

History, Gender, Performance
2002
ISBN: 978-0-333-72018-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Staging Masculinities is a critical history of the ways in which changing concepts of masculinity have been represented, explored and critiqued on mainstream Western - and particularly English - stages. The study analyses a wide variety of plays and performances, ranging from medieval liturgical drama to contemporary West-End hits, from Henry V to Oleanna, tracing a complex relationship between theatrical performance and gender performance.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mangan, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements.- Staging Masculinities: Introduction and Orientation.- Staging Medieval Masculinities.- Sighing Like a Furnace and Full of Strange Oaths: Lovers and Soldiers in Shakespeare.- The Spectacle of Masculinity in the Restoration Theatre.- Outlaws and Sentiment: Masculinities in the Eighteenth-Century Theatre.- Doll's Houses and Wendy Houses: Masculinities on Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Stages.- Contemporary Masculinities.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

MICHAEL MANGAN is Professor of Drama at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has published books and articles on various aspects of drama, and has worked as a playwright and director.