Overview

Lois Weaver is one of the world’s leading figures in feminist and lesbian performance, a true pioneer in the growing field. This book offers the first book-length assessment of her career and work, tracing its history, aesthetics, principles, inspirations, innovations, and more. Contributors include Weaver’s most important collaborators from throughout her career, as well as many of the leading feminist theorists, journalists, and performers of the past forty years. The book also includes interviews not just with Weaver, but also with her partner, in life and performance, Peggy Shaw, and groundbreaking theater maker Muriel Miguel. The result is a book that is truly unprecedented, a lavishly illustrated and expertly curated celebration of an incredible career.

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Author:   Lois Weaver ,  Jen Harvie ,  A01
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   1.293kg
ISBN:  

9781783205349

ISBN 10:   1783205342
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   15 January 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Peggy Shaw  Introduction: welcome home Jen Harvie  Red pajamas Lois Weaver Pink Tornado (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver Places to start Jen Harvie Lois Weaver: the college years Charles L. Hayes Jen Harvie interviews Lois Weaver Jen Harvie and Lois Weaver Lois Weaver interviews Muriel Miguel Lois Weaver and Muriel Miguel Virginia Started Over (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver What does it mean to be femme? Virginia Was the East (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver Subject and Object (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver Jesus Wept (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver Citizen femme Jen Harvie A femme on her own Peggy Phelan A woman disguised as a woman: Lois Weaver’s fem(me)inist performances Lisa Duggan For Lois: femme glorious Joan Nestle Lois Weaver has great hair Moe Angelos A view from the bottom Sue-Ellen Case A view from the top Lois Weaver Femme Cha-cha (from Lust and Comfort) Lois Weaver Oh, for the love of work! Lois, love, and work Jen Harvie Looking back from behind Deb Margolin Fire in My Pocket (from Split Britches) Deb Margolin Weaver’s web Stacy Makishi On Lois, for Lois, because of Lois Jill Dolan The permanence of a performance Jess Dobkin  A queer family tree The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein Lois Elin Diamond On the road Helen Paris Staying on the road Leslie Hill Floods (from Miss America) Lois Weaver You Never Told Me (from Miss America) Lois Weaver The good guide for creating a non cooperative; or, how to organise a collective that will last for more than 30 years Lois Weaver Imagine it, make it, change it Jen Harvie Incandescence: The early years at WOW, Cynthia Carr WOW: an uncooperative cooperative Holly Hughes Lois Weaver makes the world a less scary place Rosana Cade Taking a seat at the Table Deirdre Heddon Long Table Protocol Lois Weaver Entertaining discussion: The Long Table and Porch Sitting, Geraldine Harris How to behave at a Porch Sitting Lois Weaver Lois Weaver and the ethics and etiquette of the Long Table Diana Taylor Collaboration Lois Keidan Kinship Lois Weaver Tammy interviews Lois Lois Weaver ‘I Got into the Wrong Car in Memphis’, ‘Demented Forsythia, a Love Song’, and ‘How Do You Sing a Broken Song’ Lois Weaver Tammy WhyNot: stage/life superhero Jen Harvie What Tammy taught me... about surviving as a poor girl in the academy Kim Solga Making fun and making time: pedagogic principles Erin Hurley Cupcake velocity: the subversive expertise of Lois Weaver and Tammy WhyNot Johanna Linsley ‘Stay Gone’ Lois Weaver String of Lights (adapted from Salad of the Bad Café) Lois Weaver Diary of a Domestic Terrorist Lois Weaver Hidden treasures Jen Harvie Lois performs in Aotearoa New Zealand Catherine Silverstone  ‘Everything’s breakable’ – or what I learned from Lois Weaver Benjamin Gillespie Talking about When the Tide Is Out, Lois Weaver and Stacy Makishi Lois’s hidden treasures: What Tammy Needs to Know About Prison Caoimhe McAvinchey Meeting Lois Weaver Anne Tallentire Dear Carmen Paul Heritage Laundry (from Faith and Dancing) Lois Weaver Afterwords 33 ways to start Lois Weaver Still counting Lois Weaver Postcards Lois Weaver Timeline, Jen Harvie with Lois Weaver

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Jen Harvie is professor of contemporary theatre and performance at Queen Mary University of London. Lois Weaver is a performance artist, writer, director, and activist.

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Jen Harvie is professor of contemporary theatre and performance at Queen Mary University of London. Lois Weaver is a performance artist, writer, director, and activist.

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