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Book SynopsisStaging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts.
Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuatethe practice and, finally, survivors.
Kubra' (Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice.
A Trial for Rape (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes to
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements About the Cover Image Introduction: the stories behind the statistics by Luciana d’Arcangeli, Claire Kennedy and Daniela Cavallaro
Little Stitches ‘Sleight of Hand’ by Isley Lynn ‘Where Do I Start?’ by Raúl Quirós Molina ‘Dancing Feet’ by Bahar Brunton ‘Mutant’ by Karis E. Halsall Interview with Melissa Dean and Alex Crampton by Daniela Cavallaro and Claire Kennedy Interview with the authors of
Little Stitches by Daniela Cavallaro ‘Kubra’ by Dacia Maraini (translated by Sharon Wood) Interview with Dacia Maraini by Luciana d’Arcangeli (translated by Luciana d’Arcangeli) Interview with Nicolette Kay and further reflection by Olivia Brown by Claire Kennedy Interview with Ainsley Burdell by Claire Kennedy
A Trial for Rape adapted by Renato Chiocca from the documentary
Processo per stupro by Maria Grazia Belmonti, Anna Carini, Rony Daopoulo, Paola De Martiis, Annabella Miscuglio and Loredana Rotondo (translated by Claire Kennedy) Interview with Renato Chiocca by Daniela Cavallaro (translated by Claire Kennedy) List of References
