Overview

This is the first in-depth examination of contemporary intercultural performance by women around the world. Contemporary feminist performance is explored in the contexts of current intercultural practices, theories and debates. Holledge and Tompkins provide ways of thinking about and analysing contemporary performance and representations of the performing, female, culturally-marked body. The book includes discussions of: ritual performance by women from Central Australia and Korea the cultural exchange of A Doll's House and Antigone plays from Algeria, South Africa and Ghana the work of the Takarazuka revue company the market forces that govern the distribution of women and women's performance. This is an essential read for anyone studying or interested in women's performance.

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Women's Intercultural Performance by Julie Holledge and Joanne Tompkins comes at a key moment... Amid this economy, the question, Globalism for whom? remains arch. Women's Intercultural Performance, then, insofar as it theorizes the exchange between women and culture through performance, merits close attention. <br>-MJ Thompson, The Drama Review <br> The value of this study lies in its attention to how culture, feminism, and theatre are woven into social and theatrical practice and how these factors have impacted the global arts market.. <br>-Choice <br>

Author Information

Julie Holledge is Director of the Drama Centre at Flinders University, Australia. Joanne Tompkins is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Queensland, Australia.

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