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OverviewOne man in his time plays many parts/His acts being seven ages', asserts Shakespeare's Jacques, in a speech which foreshadows what has become a commonplace of contemporary gender theory: that masculinity, far from being a secure, unproblematic gender identity, is a site of crisis and contradictions. Staging Masculinities engages with the complex and paradoxical history of masculinities by exploring the ways in which changing concepts of what it means 'to be a man' have been represented, celebrated, examined and critiqued on mainstream Western - and particularly English - stages. Mapping a history of masculinities onto a history of theatre, Michael Mangan analyses a wide range of plays and performances, from Henry V to Peter Pan, and from medieval liturgical drama to contemporary West-End hits. In the process Mangan offers new and gendered readings of several familiar plays, and traces an intricate relationship between theatrical performance and gender performance. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael ManganPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Red Globe Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.374kg ISBN: 9780333720196ISBN 10: 0333720199 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 30 October 2002 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , A / AS level , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Staging Masculinities: Introduction and Orientation Staging Medieval Masculinities Sighing Like a Furnace and Full of Strange Oaths: Lovers and Soldiers in Shakespeare The Spectacle of Masculinity in the Restoration Theatre Outlaws and Sentiment: Masculinities in the Eighteenth-Century Theatre Doll's Houses and Wendy Houses: Masculinities on Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Stages Contemporary Masculinities Bibliography Index.Reviews'This will be a useful text for undergraduates studying the relation of gender to performance: it should also prove useful to anyone interested in the social context of performance.' - David Pattie, New Theatre Quarterly Author InformationMICHAEL MANGAN is Professor of Drama at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He has published books and articles on various aspects of drama, and has worked as a playwright and director. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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