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Author:   Lynn Deboeck ,  Aoise Stratford
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.539kg
ISBN:  

9781032303116

ISBN 10:   1032303115
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   01 June 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Contributors Bio INTRODUCTION: Mothers on Stage, in the House, and Behind the Scenes Lynn Deboeck and Aoise Stratford PART ONE: RESCRIPTING REPRODUCTION AND THE PREGNANT BODY Introduction / Mother’s To Do List (1) We Are BRAVE: Performed Motherhood as Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activism Roberta Hunte (2) Queer Mothering: You Don’t Have To Emerge From Nothing Michelle Hayford (3) Embodied Dramaturgy of Pregnancy and Motherhood in Grounded and Gloria Sarah Johnson (4) ""You just know"": Fertility-as-Currency in Expecting Isabel Lynn Deboeck (5) Representations of (Non) Choice: Birthmother Narratives from Marginalized Mothers in Contemporary Theatre Tamar Neumann PART TWO: MATERNAL/THEATRICAL LEGACIES Introduction / Mother’s To Do List (6) Persistent Anxiety and Absent Mothers in Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2 Alison Walls (7) ""Unnatural"" Mothers in Global Capitalism: Snow in Midsummer by Frances Ya-chu Cowig Daphne P. Lei (8) Abortion and the Monstrous Maternal in Suzan-Lori Parks’s Red Letter Plays Aoise Stratford (9) Scripting and Staging Immigrant Motherhood in Heather Raffo’s Noura Suzi Elnaggar (10) Mourning Mothers: Madness as Deviant Motherhood in Next to Normal Lindsey Barr PART THREE: MOTHERHOOD / NATIONHOOD Introduction / Mother’s To Do List (11) Negotiating Mothers: Exploring the Maternal Landscape in Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed L. Bailey McDaniel (12) ""Mothers are the trickiest thing"" Staging Undocumented Motherhood in Miss You Like Hell Diana Benea (13) Laboring for Their Country: Mother-Soldiers in Grounded and Welcome Home Jenny Sutter Jacqueline Viskup (14) Motherhood/Motherland: Performing Maternity and the Creation of a Citizen Melissa Flower (15) The Ties that Bind: Motherhood, Veiling, and Diasporic Subjectivity in Rohina Malik’s Unveiled Megan Stahl PART FOUR: MOTHERHOOD AS THEATRICAL LABOR Introduction / Mother’s To Do List (16) Radical Inclusivity: Rachel Hewitt and The Parent Artist Advocacy League Daniella Vinitski Mooney (17) Performing Performance Moms Teresa Simone (18) ASTR Field Conversation: Black Motherhood Mysia Anderson, Maisha Akbar, Shondrika Moss-Bouldin, Nicole Hodges Persley (19) No Further: Staging Motherwork and Maternal Relationships Kristyl Tift (20) A manifesto for care in the rehearsal room and the birthing room Shawna Mefferd Kelty (21) Jewish Mothers Christina Hurtado-Pearson and Jessie Mills CONCLUSION Aoise Stratford and Lynn Deboeck APPENDIX – Play List for Further Reading Index"

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Aoise Stratford is a Playwright, Dramaturg, and Lecturer at Cornell University in the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Lynn Deboeck is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theatre and Lecturer in Gender Studies at the University of Utah.

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