CHOICE - M.D. Whitlach
"...a most welcome addition to the literature on theater, in particular scholarship on feminist practices."
—M.D. Whitlach, CHOICE
Lives in Play: Autobiography and Biography on the Feminist Stage
by Ryan ClaycombView All Available Formats & Editions
Life writing's significance in women's theater and performance from the '70s to the present
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Life writing's significance in women's theater and performance from the '70s to the present
Editorial Reviews
"...a most welcome addition to the literature on theater, in particular scholarship on feminist practices."
—M.D. Whitlach, CHOICE
Modern Drama - Lisa Sloan
"Through a series of detailed analyses that make use of narrative and performance theory alike, Claycomb illuminates the ways in which feminist auto/biographical performance utillizes concepts of performativity alongside more traditional notions of the embodiesd self to advance a feminist politics... the vast body of work that Claycomb situates as feminist auto/biographical peformance speaks to the politcal potiential of the genre."
—Modern Drama
Theatre Survey - Patricia Elise Nelson
"For scholars of feminist theatre and feminist theory, there is much to recommend Lives in Play. Claycomb has an impressive grasp of these fields, and makes a strong case for their coconstitutive nature; the book is admirably nuanced in its analysis, and expansive in its objects of study... for the specialist audience for whom Claycomb writes, and as a corrective to trends in the canon formation of feminist theatre criticism, the book is valuable, and perhaps even necessary, in the strong case it makes for returning dismissed or understudied works by female playwrights and performance artists to a place of critical value."—Theatre Survey
Theatre Research International - Cindy Rosenthal
"Ryan Claycomb’s monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the work of significant feminist playwrights in the 1990s."
—Theatre Research International
The Drama Review - Tanya Dean
"This volume will be of particular interest to feminist scholars, and those studying the epistemologies of solo, biographical, and autobiographical performances."
—The Drama Review
Text & Presentation 2014 (The Comparative Drama Conf. Series) - Amelia Howe Kritzer
"Offers insightful observations about the meaning of the body in autobiographical performance and the role of the audience in the specific context of feminist performance...Offers a valuable introduction to students or non-specialists seeking background in this particular field."
—Amelia Howe Kritzer, Comparative Drama Conference Series
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780472035984
- Publisher:
- University of Michigan Press
- Publication date:
- 05/28/2014
- Edition description:
- Reprint
- Pages:
- 272
- Sales rank:
- 1,369,368
- Product dimensions:
- 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
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