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1. Cover image for 'Margaret Webster'
Margaret Webster
A Life in the Theater
Milly S. Barranger
A sweeping drama of the life and times of one of America's most innovative woman directors
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Hardcover 2004 $49.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Margaret Webster" to Cart
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1. Cover image for 'Margaret Webster'
Margaret Webster
A Life in the Theater
Milly S. Barranger
A sweeping drama of the life and times of one of America's most innovative woman directors
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Hardcover 2004 $49.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Margaret Webster" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Margaret Webster"
2. Cover image for 'Secrecy and Cultural Reality'
Secrecy and Cultural Reality
Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men's House
Gilbert Herdt
A compelling study of male ritual secrecy and its impact on the cultures of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Secrecy and Cultural Reality" to Cart
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Secrecy and Cultural Reality
Utopian Ideologies of the New Guinea Men's House
Gilbert Herdt
A compelling study of male ritual secrecy and its impact on the cultures of Melanesia and Papua New Guinea
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Paper 2003 $33.95 Available Add Paper for "Secrecy and Cultural Reality" to Cart
Ebook 2010 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Secrecy and Cultural Reality"
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Lewd and Notorious
Female Transgression in the Eighteenth Century
Katharine Kittredge, Editor
Hags, tarts, killers, and freaks--this compelling collection explores the representations of eighteenth-century female aberrations and grotesques
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Paper 2003 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Lewd and Notorious" to Cart
Ebook 2009 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lewd and Notorious"
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Lewd and Notorious
Female Transgression in the Eighteenth Century
Katharine Kittredge, Editor
Hags, tarts, killers, and freaks--this compelling collection explores the representations of eighteenth-century female aberrations and grotesques
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Paper 2003 $34.95 Available Add Paper for "Lewd and Notorious" to Cart
Ebook 2009 Available View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lewd and Notorious"
4. Cover image for 'Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson'
Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson
The Feminist Poetics of Self-Restraint
Kirstin Hotelling Zona
Provides a new perspective on three important women poets-and challenges prevailing notions of feminist criticism
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Hardcover 2002 $79.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop, and May Swenson" to Cart
5. Cover image for 'A Problem Like Maria'
A Problem Like Maria
Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical
Stacy Wolf
The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand
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Paper 2002 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "A Problem Like Maria" to Cart
Hardcover 2002 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "A Problem Like Maria" to Cart
5. Cover image for 'A Problem like Maria'
A Problem like Maria
Gender and Sexuality in the American Musical
Stacy Wolf
The Broadway tomboys, rebel nuns, and funny girls, who upset the 1950s gender norms: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Julie Andrews, and Barbra Streisand
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Paper 2002 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "A Problem like Maria" to Cart
Hardcover 2002 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "A Problem like Maria" to Cart
6. Cover image for 'Staging Desire'
Staging Desire
Queer Readings of American Theater History
Kim Marra and Robert A. Schanke, Editors
Recovers the hidden history of theater professionals who transgressed the gendered expectations of their time
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Paper 2002 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Staging Desire" to Cart
7. Cover image for 'When Romeo Was a Woman'
When Romeo Was a Woman
Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators
Lisa Merrill
Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage
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Paper 2000 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "When Romeo Was a Woman" to Cart
8. Cover image for 'Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage'
Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage
Boy Heroines and Female Pages
Michael Shapiro
Cross-dressing in Shakespeare: a context for Elizabethan gender studies
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Paper 1996 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage" to Cart
9. Cover image for 'Act Like a Man'
Act Like a Man
Challenging Masculinities in American Drama
Robert Vorlicky
How men communicate with each other on stage when no women are present—and what it tells us about power and gender
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Paper 1994 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Act Like a Man" to Cart
10. Cover image for 'The Male Body'
The Male Body
Features, Destinies, Exposures
Laurence Goldstein, Editor
Poets, anthropologists, philosophers, artists, sociologists, and others provide perspectives on the male body.
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Paper 1995 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "The Male Body" to Cart
Hardcover 1995 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Male Body" to Cart
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The Male Body
Features, Destinies, Exposures
Laurence Goldstein, Editor
Poets, anthropologists, philosophers, artists, sociologists, and others provide perspectives on the male body.
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Paper 1995 $24.95 Available Add Paper for "The Male Body" to Cart
Hardcover 1995 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "The Male Body" to Cart
11. Cover image for 'Exiles, Eccentrics, Activists'
Exiles, Eccentrics, Activists
Women in Contemporary German Theater
Katrin Sieg
The first book-length critical appraisal of the work of Marieluise Fleisser, Elfriede Jelinek, Erika Mann, Else Lasker-Schuler, Kerstin Specht, and Ginka Steinwachs
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Hardcover 1995 $84.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Exiles, Eccentrics, Activists" to Cart
12. Cover image for 'Presence and Desire'
Presence and Desire
Essays on Gender, Sexuality, Performance
Jill Dolan
Explores current controversies and significant concerns in feminist theater and performance
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Paper 1994 $30.95 Available Add Paper for "Presence and Desire" to Cart
13. Cover image for 'Shelf Life'
Shelf Life
Essays, Memoirs, and an Interview
Thom Gunn
The first collection of Anglo-American poet Thom Gunn's prose reflections on the poet's craft.
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Paper 1994 $18.95 Available Add Paper for "Shelf Life" to Cart
14. Cover image for 'Acting Out'
Acting Out
Feminist Performances
Lynda Hart and Peggy Phelan, Editors
The first book-length introduction to and critical analysis of contemporary feminist performance, from Madonna to Karen Finley to Cherrie Moraga
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Paper 1993 $39.95 Available Add Paper for "Acting Out" to Cart
15. Cover image for 'Upstaging Big Daddy'
Upstaging Big Daddy
Directing Theater as if Gender and Race Matter
Ellen Donkin and Susan Clement, Editors
Challenges established notions of the director's craft and disrupts conventional interpretations of "the canon"
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Paper 1993 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Upstaging Big Daddy" to Cart
16. Cover image for 'Discourses of Sexuality'
Discourses of Sexuality
From Aristotle to AIDS
Donna C. Stanton, Editor
An important and timely book on a subject of enduring interest
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Paper 1993 $27.95 Available Add Paper for "Discourses of Sexuality" to Cart
17. Cover image for 'The Female Body'
The Female Body
Figures, Styles, Speculations
Laurence Goldstein, Editor
Diverse thoughts on the female body as both anatomical object and cultural construction.
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Paper 1991 $22.95 Available Add Paper for "The Female Body" to Cart
18. Cover image for 'Making a Spectacle'
Making a Spectacle
Feminist Essays on Contemporary Women's Theatre
Lynda Hart, Editor
The first scholarly collection to discuss the intersection of feminism and dramatic theory
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Hardcover 1989 $79.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Making a Spectacle" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'Reading Adrienne Rich'
Reading Adrienne Rich
Reviews and Re-Visions, 1951-81
Jane Roberta Cooper, Editor
Celebrates and interprets the work of this major poet and feminist theorist
Format Publication year Price Status Purchasing option
Paper 1984 $29.95 Available Add Paper for "Reading Adrienne Rich" to Cart
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