When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators

Merrill, Lisa

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Langue : anglais

Edité par University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1999

0472107992 / 9780472107995

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Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. NOTa library discard. HARDCOVER first edition. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Very Good dust jacket. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookpltae. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original gilt-stamped green cloth. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "At the height of her career, actress Charlotte Cushman (1816-76) was one of the most famous women in the English-speaking world. Cushman challenged Victorian notions of gender in her stage portrayals of male characters and of strong, androgynous female characters. Offstage, she was a powerful businesswoman who supported her family, women lovers, and friends. Lisa Merrill examines Cushman's personal correspondence to shed new light on the actress's relationships and in turn on our understandings of the nature of women's "romantic friendships." She demonstrates how Cushman's androgynous presence served as a symbol to many of her contemporaries, and revealed their multiple and often contradictory attitudes toward female performers, women, and the unspeakable possibilities of same-sex desire. The biography draws upon unpublished archival material as well as on current critical work to view Cushman's career, relationships, and posthumous reception. When Romeo Was a Woman examines as autobiographical performance Cushman's own narratives, the stories she authorized others to write, and the letters she wrote to intimates. The book is richly illustrated with many previously unpublished portraits of Cushman in her various stage roles, including Romeo and Lady Macbeth, and other revealing photographs of her family, lovers and friends. When Romeo Was a Woman will find an appreciative audience among general readers as well as specialists in gay/lesbian history, women's history, theater and performance, popular culture, Victorian studies, and American studies. "A fascinating story, and a major contribution to our understanding of lesbian history. . . . The work done on archival resources is both impressive in its extent and wholly convincing in its effect." -- Jacky Bratton, University of London. Lisa Merrill is Associate Professor of Communication and Performance Studies, Hofstra University. She is the coauthor of The Power to Communicate: Gender Differences as Barriers, and the author of Untying the Tongue: Power, Gender, and the Word, forthcoming." GoodReads rating: 4.00 stars. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOTa library discard. 8vo. xxvi, 318pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Titre
When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators
Auteur
Merrill, Lisa
Éditeur
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
Année de publication
1999
État de l'article
Very Good condition
Jaquette
Very Good dust jacket
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0472107992
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780472107995
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NOTa library discard
Édition
First Printing of the First Edition.
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Drama / Theater, Feminism / Women's Studies, History / Biography

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