1st Edition
Contemporary North American History Plays Jaclyn Backhaus and Lauren Gunderson’s Feminist Reworkings
By Beth Roberts
Copyright 2026
182 Pages
by
Routledge
182 Pages
by
Routledge
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Contemporary North American History Plays examines how feminist theatre makers employ metadramatic techniques to revolutionize historical storytelling on the American stage.
This groundbreaking study investigates the intersection of feminist theory and historical reimagining in contemporary American theatre, focusing on the underexplored works of acclaimed playwrights Jaclyn Backhaus and... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1. Expanding Terms Associated with Womanhood through Role Playing within a Role and Ritual
Chapter 2. Challenging the Limits of Societal Gender Roles through Doubling and Transgressive Casting
Chapter 3. Supporting Praxes of Community and Sisterhood through Ritual and the Play within the Play
Chapter 4. Decentring White, Colonial ‘Feminisms’ through Self-Referential Writing and Transgressive Casting
Conclusion
Biography
Beth Roberts is an Associate Lecturer in English Literature, University of Surrey, Guildford
