Staging Motherhood : British Women Playwrights, 1956 to the Present - J. Komporaly

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Staging Motherhood

British Women Playwrights, 1956 to the Present

By: J. Komporaly

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Hardcover | 31 October 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Staging Motherhood examines the stage representations of motherhood, centring on post-1956 British women playwrights. Asking to what extent transformations in women's lives have impacted on women's theatre, and what strategies have been employed by women in their writing and performing practices, Jozefina Komporaly examines the interactions between the personal, the political and the theatrical. Contributing to a range of discourses, including gender studies, cultural studies and above all theatre and performance studies, this timely volume is crucial to our understanding of women's drama in this period.

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'As it stands, the study is an invaluable survey of how motherhood has been represented in women's writing for the theatre during the last fifty years. It is an impressive introduction to the topic, and offers a discussion of rare material for those specializing in post-1956 British theatre or theatre by women.' - Carina Bartleet, Theatre Research International

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Non-Fiction Arts & Entertainment Acting & Theatre Studies Literature, Poetry & Plays Plays General Issues in Art History & Criticism of Literature Literary Studies of Plays & Playwrights General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1900 to Current Society & Culture Social Groups

Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
Rethinking Motherhood: Instances of Proto-Feminism	p. 8
The Chalk Garden	p. 12
Taste of Honey	p. 16
Play with a Tiger	p. 20
The Sport of My Mad Mother	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 30
Irreversible Choice: Female Professional Success	p. 34
Queen Christina	p. 38
Owners	p. 46
Top Girls	p. 49
Conclusion	p. 56
Challenging the Bond: Mothers versus Daughters	p. 59
Salonika and Real Estate	p. 60
The Memory of Water	p. 64
My Mother Said I Never Should	p. 67
Leave Taking	p. 73
Kindertransport	p. 76
Butterfly Kiss	p. 81
Phaedra's Love	p. 84
Conclusion	p. 87
Daughters as Mothers: The Teenager as Potential Parent	p. 89
My Mother Says I Never Should	p. 90
When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout...	p. 93
Rose's Story	p. 97
Back Street Mammy	p. 102
Conclusion	p. 107
Maternal Desire Against the Odds	p. 110
Making a claim for lesbian motherhood	p. 116
Care and Control	p. 116
AID Thy Neighbour	p. 119
Neaptide	p. 122
Adoption, infertility, technology	p. 125
Byrthrite	p. 125
The Adoption Papers	p. 128
The Choice	p. 131
The Break of Day	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 141
Alternative Dramaturgies: Rewriting the Maternal Body	p. 144
Peeling	p. 145
Cake	p. 151
Yerma's Eggs	p. 155
Conclusion	p. 165
Conclusions	p. 167
Notes	p. 174
Bibliography	p. 194
Index	p. 202
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British Women Playwrights, 1956 to the Present

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