Research Catalog

Title

The dolls' revolution : Australian theatre and cultural imagination / by Rachel Fensham and Denise Varney ; with Maryrose Casey and Laura Ginters.

Author

Fensham, Rachel

Publication

Melbourne : Australian Scholarly, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Varney, Denise.
• Casey, Maryrose
• Ginters, Laura.

Description

ix, 415 p., [30] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports.; 2005.

Summary

This provocative new study of Australian theatre focuses on women writers who have changed our ways of seeing Australian culture. They include Hannie Rayson on the sisterhood, Joanna Murray-Smith on generation F, Jenny Kemp on desire, Katherine Thomson on working girls, Jane Harrison on the stolen generation, Leah Purcell on black chics and Beatrix Christian on miscegenation -- Back cover.

Alternative Title

• Australian theatre and cultural imagination.
• Australian theatre and cultural imagination

Subject

• 1900-2099
• Theater > Australia > History > 20th century
• Theater > Australia > History > 21st century
• Women in the theater > Australia
• Women dramatists, Australian
• Theater and society > Australia

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-382) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. Dolls, revolution and Australian theatre -- 1. The poetic revolution: Jenny Kemp -- 2. Modern dolls, global spin: Joanna Murray-Smith -- 3. Pockets of rebellion: Katherine Thomson -- 4. A compelling force: indigenous women playwrights / Maryrose Casey -- 5. Violating the past: Beatrix Christian / Laura Ginters -- 6. Redistribution of power: Hannie Rayson -- Conclusion. Post-revolutionary Australian theatre -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Statistics -- Appendix 2. Production details.

ISBN

• 1740970888 (pbk.)
• 9781740970884 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 69676555
• SCSB-11593490

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library