Gendering the nation : identity politics and the English comic theatre of the long eighteenth century
Material type: TextPublication details: Hyderabad Orient Blackswan 2013Description: 210pISBN: 9788125051299Subject(s): Nationalism Nationalism in art Great Britain English drama English drama (Comedy) Gender identity Gender identity in artDDC classification: 792.094107 Summary: This book studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the extent to which they could constitute gender - masculinity and femininity - as the basis of a secure social order and a stable nation. A study of gender-culture interface, this book offers new readings of non-canonical plays and makes extensive use of several extra-literary discourses.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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792.028 BAR/S Style for actors : a handbook for moving beyond realism | 792.092 KAT/H Habib Tanvir : | 792.092 KAT/H Habib Tanvir : | 792.094107 CHA/G Gendering the nation : identity politics and the English comic theatre of the long eighteenth century | 792.0942109033 POS/B The birth of modern theatre : rivalry, riots, and romance in the age of Garrick | 792.095 4 DAL/P Poetics,plays and performances;the politics of modern Indian theatre | 792.095 4 DHA/T Theatres of independence: Drama, theory and urban performance in India since 1947 |
This book studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the extent to which they could constitute gender - masculinity and femininity - as the basis of a secure social order and a stable nation. A study of gender-culture interface, this book offers new readings of non-canonical plays and makes extensive use of several extra-literary discourses.
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