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Considers representations of rape in theatre against contemporary discourses on gender and women’s rights
Builds on recent scholarship on the broader issues of staging violence
Explores the under-researched topic of the performance of rape and sexual violence in contemporary theatre
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
“Fitzgerald’s analyses concentrate on themes, affects, and representational strategies. … The tone of Fitzpatrick’s Rape on the Contemporary Stage is more matter-of-fact. … both studies offer substantial contributions to the field of theatre and drama.” (Anette Pankratz, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, Vol. 8 (2), 2020)
“Graduate students, scholars and professionals interested in gender representation in media might find this book useful to better understand how gender representations manifest themselves in media such as theatre.” (Morgan Danker, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (3-4), 2020)
“This study represents an important contribution to the field, tackling urgent questions about the difficulty of staging violence, and the possibilities of challenging rape culture.” (Zoe Brigley Thompson, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, USA)
“This authoritative, theoretically deep and wide-ranging book demands that its audience ask the important question: What are the ethics and aesthetics of representing rape on stage? With an overview of historical representations of rape, and analysis of different critical perspectives on this history, Fitzpatrick directs her scrutiny to contemporary theatre – as well as culture more broadly – to consider this most politically charged and relevant problem. Situating the works under discussion in context, each of the chapters considers issues of silencing, the metaphorisation of rape and women’s bodies, the influence of race and class on the narrativisation of rape, the erasure of women’s experience and subjectivity, and, finally, acts of resistance and activism. This book is a major addition to feminist theatre criticism, and to discussions of performing gender. We are lucky to have such a volume appearing now, and most of all to have someone with Fitzpatrick’s acuity writing about rape on the contemporary stage.” (Emilie Pine, Associate Professor in Modern Drama, University College Dublin, Ireland)
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Ulster, Derry, United Kingdom
Lisa Fitzpatrick
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rape on the Contemporary Stage
Authors: Lisa Fitzpatrick
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70845-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70844-7Published: 24 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89000-5Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70845-4Published: 22 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 281
Topics: Contemporary Theatre, Performing Arts, Gender, Sexuality and Law