History of Performing Arts Books
Springer International Publishing AG Bernard Shaw: Reimagining Women and Ireland,
Book SynopsisShaw emerged as a playwright in the politically charged environment of 1892, for both female suffrage and Irish independence. His plays quickly advocated for societal changes with regard to women’s roles, while expanding this advocacy into considerations of Ireland. Shaw’s engagement with marriage and union as a personal contract with nationhood have never before been considered as a methodology with which to view his work. This book demonstrates that Shaw was deeply engaged with and committed to the Irish question and to social and gender issues.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Women, Nation, Enablement, and the Irish Question2. The Opposing Strata of Feminism: Widowers’ Houses and Mrs Warren’s Profession3. The Marriage of Change: Candida & Getting Married4. John Bull, Nora Reilly and the Garden City: A Match Made in Heaven5. The Wild West Meets the West End
£89.99
Springer International Publishing AG Carnival and Power: Play and Politics in a Crown
Book SynopsisThis book shows how Carnival under British colonial rule became a locus of resistance as well as an exercise and affirmation of power. Carnival is both a space of theatricality and a site of politics, where the playful, participatory aspects are appropriated by countervailing forces seeking to influence, control, channel or redirect power. Focusing specifically on the Maltese islands, a tiny European archipelago situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, this work links the contrast between play and power to other Carnival realities across the world. It examines the question of power and identity in relation to different social classes and environments of Carnival play, from streets to ballrooms. It looks at satire and censorship, unbridled gaiety and controlled celebration. It describes the ways Carnival was appropriated as a power channel both by the British and their Maltese subjects, and ultimately how it was manipulated in the struggle for Malta’s independence.Table of Contents1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival.2. Power and its Historical Framework.-3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics.4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls.5. ‘The sweet satires that prick where it is needed….’: The Caricature of Power.6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals – Competitions and Prizes.7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party.8. Politics vs Religion and State – Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque.9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.
£94.99
