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Author:   Carolyn Casey Craig
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   illustrated Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780786418817

ISBN 10:   0786418818
Pages:   347
Publication Date:   05 November 2004
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction. “Take, for Example…”: A Brief Retrospect on Women, Theatre, and Prizes      Prologue. Family Ties-A Troublesome Knot?      PART I. FAMILY LIES AND THE UNWED WOMAN: GALE, GLASPELL, AND AKINS      1. The 1920s: Those Not-So-Good Old Days      2. Zona Gale and the Real Village Tale      3. Susan Glaspell: From Iowa Village to Greenwich Village      4. The Depression Years: Gaining Despite the Losses      5. Zoe Akins, Escape Artist      PART II. DOMESTIC WARS: CHASE AND FRINGS      6. The 1940s: Women in a World at War      7. Mary Chase and Her Wartime Rabbit      8. The 1950s: An Uncomfortable Homecoming      9. Ketti Frings and Her Stageworthy Angel      PART III. WHOSE WOMAN IS SHE? HENLEY, NORMAN, AND WASSERSTEIN      10. Being Female in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s      11. Beth Henley’s Funny-Terrible World View      12. The 1980s: Backlash and Beyond      13. Marsha Norman: Getting Out the Truth about Family and Self      14. Wendy Wasserstein: Lola’s Well-Rounded Daughter      PART IV. LESSONS DRIVEN HOME: VOGEL AND EDSON      15. The 1990s: Gender Crisis at the Crossroads (Or, Wrong Turn at the Men’s Movement)      16. Paula Vogel’s Winding Road to Victory      17. Margaret Edson's Advanced Course in Wit      PART V. HISTORY IN THE STAGING? SUZAN-LORI PARKS AND THE SISTERHOOD OF BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS      18. The Early 2000s: “Bang, Bang-You're American”      19. Suzan-Lori Parks: Putting Dirt and Deadly Games Onstage      20. “Also in the Winner’s Circle” (The Legacy of Black Women Playwrights)      Epilogue: Parting Thoughts on Family Flux and Cultural Flummery      Chapter Notes      Selected Bibliography      Index     

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Carolyn Casey Craig taught theatre and women’s studies at Loyola University in Chicago and is a member of the Actors’ Equity. She now lives in Portland, Oregon.

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