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Staging Motherhood

British Women Playwrights, 1956 to the Present

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  • © 2007

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  1. Jozefina Komporaly
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 1-7

  3. Rethinking Motherhood: Instances of Proto-Feminism

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 8-33

  4. Irreversible Choice: Female Professional Success

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 34-58

  5. Challenging the Bond: Mothers versus Daughters

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 59-88

  6. Daughters as Mothers: The Teenager as Potential Parent

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 89-109

  7. Maternal Desire Against the Odds

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 110-143

  8. Alternative Dramaturgies: Rewriting the Maternal Body

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 144-166

  9. Conclusions

    • Jozefina Komporaly
    Pages 167-173

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 174-208
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About this book

Focusing on post-1956 British women playwrights, this book questions to what extent transformations in women's lives have impacted on theatre. Contributing to a range of discourses, including gender studies, cultural studies and theatre and performance studies, this timely volume is crucial to our understanding of women's drama in this period.

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'As it stands, the study is an invaluable survey of how motherhood has been represented in women's writing for the theatre during the last fifty years. It is an impressive introduction to the topic, and offers a discussion of rare material for those specializing in post-1956 British theatre or theatre by women.' - Carina Bartleet, Theatre Research International

About the author

JOZEFINA KOMPORALY is a Lecturer in the School of English and Performance Studies at De Montfort University, UK.

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