How Timberlake Wertenbaker Constructs New Forms of Gender in Her History Plays : Exposing the Power Relations Between the Sexes.

Despite the confines of traditional notions of history and gender, Timberlake Wertenbaker uses her history plays to argue that history and gender should be reread to radically challenge these traditional notions. She uses her history plays to construct a new vision. This book discusses seven Timberl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shih, Yi-chin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
Temas:
Wertenbaker, Timberlake > Criticism and interpretation.
Wertenbaker, Timberlake.
Gender identity in literature.
Identité de genre dans la littérature.
DRAMA > American.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • HOW TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER CONSTRUCTS NEW FORMS OF GENDER IN HER HISTORY PLAYS: Exposing the Power Relations Between the Sexes; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter One
  • Introduction; Chapter Two
  • History as Narrative: The Possibility of Writing Gender into History; Chapter Three
  • Rewriting History: Gender in Wertenbaker's History Plays; Chapter Four
  • Retelling History: Gender in Wertenbaker's Oral History Plays; Chapter Five
  • Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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