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Look Back in Gender (Routledge Revivals): Sexuality and the Family in Post-War British Drama book cover

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Look Back in Gender (Routledge Revivals) Sexuality and the Family in Post-War British Drama

By Michelene Wandor Copyright 1987
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge
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In this challenging book, first published in 1987, Michelene Wandor looks at the best-known plays in the thirty years prior to publication; from Look Back in Anger onwards. Wandor investigates the representation of the family and different forms of sexuality in these plays and re-reviews them from a perspective that throws into sharp relief the function of gender as an important determinant of... Read more

Introduction;  Part I:  1. After the War was Over  2. Heroism, Crises of Manhood and the Kitchen Sink  3. The Jewish Family, Women and Politics  4. The State, Communication and Gender  5. Militarism and the Outside World  6. Motherhood and Masculinity  7. Women and Emancipation  8. Anarchy, the Family and Taboo Sexuality  9. Urban Violence  10. Homosexuality: Metaphor and Theme  11. The Story So Far;  Interval: The Royal Smut-Hound;  Part II:  12. The Changing Landscape  13. Mother on a Pedestal  14. Transitional Pioneers  15. Sex, Violence and the Psyche  16. Satire, Creativity and Annihilation  17. The Taboo as Metaphor  18. Existential Women  19. The British Left  20. Institutional Power and Male Sexuality  21. Woman as Subject  22. The Story So Far;  Conclusion;  Select Bibliography of Plays;  Index

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Michelene Wandor

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