Women's Comedic Art As Social Revolution Five Performers and the Lessons of Their Subversive Humor

Name: Women's Comedic Art As Social Revolution Five Performers and the Lessons of Their Subversive Humor
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ISBN: 9780786460724

ISBN-10: 0786460725

ISBN-13: 9780786460724

Edition: 2012

Authors: Domnica. Radulescu

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Though comic women have existed since the days of Baubo, the mythic figure who used sexual humor to lift the veil of mourning from the goddess Demeter's eyes, they have been neglected by scholars and critics. This pioneering volume tells the stories of five women who have created revolutionary forms of comic performance and discourse that defy the flagrant prejudices about women and feminists. The artists include 16th-century performer Isabella Andreini, 17th-century improviser Catherine Biancolelli, 20th-century Italian playwright Franca Rame, and contemporary performance artists Deb Margolin and Kimberly Dark. All create humor that subverts patriarchal modes of representation,…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 12/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 267
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Valentina Glajar is assistant professor of German at Texas State University -- San Marcos.Domnica Radulescu is professor of French and Italian literatures at Washington and Lee University in Virginia.