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Staging Masculinities

By Michael Mangan

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Staging Masculinities

By Michael Mangan

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One 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
2002-10-30
Publication Date:
2003-01-18
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0333720199
ISBN13:
9780333720196
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
368 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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