Performing Anti-Slavery: Activist Women on Antebellum Stages

Awards:   Short-listed for Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research 2015
Author:   Gay Gibson Cima (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107060890


Pages:   309
Publication Date:   24 April 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Performing Anti-Slavery: Activist Women on Antebellum Stages


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  • Short-listed for Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research 2015

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Author:   Gay Gibson Cima (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781107060890


ISBN 10:   1107060893
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   24 April 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. From sentimental sympathy to activist self-judgment; 2. From the suffering of others to a 'compassion for ourselves'; 3. 'Beyond our traditions' to a provisional, practical activism; 4. From anti-slavery celebrity to cosmopolitan self-possession; Epilogue: the repertoire of anti-trafficking.

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Gay Gibson Cima is a Professor of English at Georgetown University, Washington DC. In 2012, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Theatre in Higher Education's Women and Theatre Program. In 2015, she received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society for Theatre Research. Her book, Early American Women Critics: Performance, Religion, Race (2006), won the 2007 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History from the American Society for Theatre Research. A recipient of the ASTR's Kahan Prize, she has published widely on feminist performance history and critical race theory in journals such as Theatre Survey and the Theatre Journal as well as anthologies including Changing the Subject: Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies, 1959-2009 (2009) and The Sage Handbook of Performance Studies (2006).

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