Overview
In this extensively revised and updated edition of Michelene Wandor's classic work Look Back in Gender, Wandor takes another provocative look at a selection of key British plays from the last fifty years. Wandor scrutinises plays by, among others, Ayckbourn, Beckett, Churchill, Daniels, Friel, Hare, Osborne, Pinter, Ravenhill and Wesker. This lively polemic examines many issues including: The impact of femiinist and socialist politics throughout the drama of the period The representation of the family, sexuality and the mother in these plays The function of the gender dynamic in determining structural and narrative drive The crucial imperative of gender in the playwright's imagination Wandor's nuanced argument still situates gender at the heart of mainstream theatre and reaches some surprising conclusions about the ""politics of the personal"" as a powerful theatrical dynamic.
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Author: Michelene Wandor
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9780415138550
ISBN 10: 0415138558
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 31 May 2001
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print 
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Table of Contents
PART I 1 The imperative of gender 2 The imperative of context: family and gender PART II 3 The 1950s 4 The 1960s 5 The Lady Macbeth syndrome ± The 1950s and 1960s: conclusions 6 The Royal Smut-Hound by Kenneth Tynan PART III 7 New contexts, 8 A theatrical legacy, PART IV 9 The 1970s, 10 The 1970s: conclusions, PART V 11 The 1980s, 12 The 1980s : conclusions, PART VI 13 the 1990s, 14 The 1990s: conclusions, Part VII 15 Turning the tables, 16 Coda, Epilogue
Reviews
'Wandor strides out of the Spare Rib years to give us a salutary shake.' - Plays International 'There is something unabashedly radical about Wandor's writing which makes it a pleasure as well as a challenge to read. Her language is immediate, her motives and politics transparent, and her grasp of her subject matter is simply unparalleled. Looking Back in Gender remains a forcefully engaging, fascinating read. ' - Lucy PowellHam & High Books
'Wandor strides out of the Spare Rib years to give us a salutary shake.' - Plays International 'There is something unabashedly radical about Wandor's writing which makes it a pleasure as well as a challenge to read. Her language is immediate, her motives and politics transparent, and her grasp of her subject matter is simply unparalleled. Looking Back in Gender remains a forcefully engaging, fascinating read. ' - Lucy PowellHam & High Books
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Michelene Wandor
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