Review of the hardback: '… a useful source of information on the social, sexual, racial and quasi-political challenges that, arguably, concentrate the minds of black and Asian women writing in Britain then.' Journal of Theatre Research International
Review of the hardback: 'The text is handsomely produced and Griffin writes well …'. Black Arts Alliance
This text was the first monograph to document and analyse the plays written by Black and Asian women in Britain. The volume explores how Black and Asian women playwrights theatricalize their experiences of migration, displacement, identity, racism and sexism in Britain. Plays by writers such as Tanika Gupta, Winsome Pinnock, Maya Chowdhry and Amrit Wilson, among others - many of whom have had their work produced at key British theatre sites - are discussed in some detail. Other playwrights' work is also briefly explored to suggest the range and scope of contemporary plays. The volume analyses concerns such as geographies of un/belonging, reverse migration (in the form of tourism), sexploitation, arranged marriages, the racialization of sexuality, and asylum seeking as they emerge in the plays, and argues that Black and Asian women playwrights have become constitutive subjects of British theatre.
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This monograph examines plays by Black and Asian women in Britain.
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Diasporic subjects; 3. Geographies of un/belonging; 4. Unsettling identities; 5. Culture clashes; 6. Racing sexuality; 7. Sexploitation?; 8. Living diaspora now; Notes; References; Index.
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This text was the first monograph to examine plays by Black and Asian women in Britain.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521817257
Publisert
2003-12-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
610 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
302
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