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(Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama (What is Theatre?)

L. Bailey McDaniel

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Description:Looking at a century of American theatre, McDaniel investigates how racially-informed notions of motherhood become sites of resistance to social and political hierarchies. (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century Drama locates a broad tradition of 'counter maternities', politically resistant performances that engage essentialist identities. While resituating motherhood as a role not always tied to biological gender, McDaniel employs a methodology informed by cultural, gender, and theatre studies and considers how the construction of mothering as universally women's work obscures additional, marginalizing identities based in race and class.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama (What is Theatre?). To get started finding (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama (What is Theatre?), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Looking at a century of American theatre, McDaniel investigates how racially-informed notions of motherhood become sites of resistance to social and political hierarchies. (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century Drama locates a broad tradition of 'counter maternities', politically resistant performances that engage essentialist identities. While resituating motherhood as a role not always tied to biological gender, McDaniel employs a methodology informed by cultural, gender, and theatre studies and considers how the construction of mothering as universally women's work obscures additional, marginalizing identities based in race and class.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama (What is Theatre?). To get started finding (Re)Constructing Maternal Performance in Twentieth-Century American Drama (What is Theatre?), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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