غیرساختن میمسیس: مقالاتی درباره فمینیسم و تئاتر

In Unmaking Mimesis Elin Diamond interrogates the concept of mimesis in relation to feminism, theatre and performance. She combines psychoanalytic, semiotic and materialist strategies with readings of selected plays by writers as diverse as Ibsen, Brecht, Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill and Peggy Shaw. Through a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance she demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. Unmaking Mimesis will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern. Language & Literature Book Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 12 Part I Unmaking mimesis 28 1 Realism’s hysteria 30 Part II Gestic feminist criticism 68 2 Brechtian theory/feminist theory 70 3 Gestus, signature, body in the theater of Aphra Behn 83 4 Caryl Churchill’s plays 110 Part III Toward a feminist postmodern 128 Introduction: Mimesis in syncopated time 130 5 Identification and mimesis 133 6 Performance and temporality 169 Notes 209 Index 245 Through a a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance, Elin Diamond demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. This book will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern