Female spectacle : the theatrical roots of modern feminism /

When the French actress Sarah Bernhardt made her first American tour in 1880, the term "feminism" had not yet entered our national vocabulary. But over the course of the next half-century, a rising generation of daring actresses and comics brought a new kind of woman to center stage. Explo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glenn, Susan A. (Susan Anita) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Temas:
1800-1999
Women in the theater > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in the theater > United States > History > 19th century.
Feminism and theater > United States.
Actresses > United States > Biography.
Femmes au théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes au théâtre > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Féminisme et théâtre > États-Unis.
Actrices > États-Unis > Biographies.
Actresses.
Feminism and theater.
Women in the theater.
Theater
Feminismus
Vrouwen.
Toneel.
Toneelspelers.
Feminisme.
Feminizm > Stany Zjednoczone > 1901-1939 r.
Kobieta > a teatr > Stany Zjednoczone > 1901-1939 r.
Aktorzy amerykańscy > biografie > 1901-1939 r.
Teatr amerykański > historia > 1901-1939 r.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Bernhardt effect: self-advertising and the age of spectacle
  • 2. Mirth and girth: the politics of comedy
  • 3. The strong personality: female mimics and the play of the self
  • 4. The Americanization of Salome: sexuality, race, and the careers of the vulgar princess
  • 5. "The eyes of the enemy": female activism and the paradox of theater
  • 6. "Nationally advertised legs": how Broadway invented "the girls"
  • 7. "Like all the rest of womankind only more so": the chorus girl problem and American culture
  • Conclusion: the legacy of female spectacle.

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