Masking the Drama
The book pursues an in-depth investigation of the process whereby female identity was performatively negotiated on the Restoration stage by women playwrights such as Aphra Behn and of how a new articulation of social space contributed to the formation of a potentially emancipatory sense of gendered selfhood.
The book pursues an in-depth investigation of the process whereby female identity was performatively negotiated on the Restoration stage by women playwrights such as Aphra Behn and of how a new articulation of social space contributed to the formation of a potentially emancipatory sense of gendered selfhood.
| Autor: | Arena, Tiziana Febronia |
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| ISBN: | 9783034326483 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 184 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 13.04.2017 |
| Untertitel: | A Space for Revolution in Aphra Behn’s «The Rover» and «The Feign’d Courtezans» |
| Schlagworte: | Aphra Aphra Behn Arena Behn’s Carnival Courtezans» Drama Febronia Feign’d Female identity |
Dr Arena is Adjunct Professor of English for Specific Purposes at the University of Catania. She completed her PhD in English Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Catania. She presented and published some papers on Aphra Behn, the Restoration theatre and Libertinism. She has been involved in the preparation of secondary school English teachers in Italy. Her research focuses on gender studies, English Restoration theatre and female subjectivity in literature. Her other research interests include cross-dressing, masquerade and Carnival and the intersections between literature, feminism and media.