Plays by French and Francophone Women

The plays in Makward's and Miller's anthology present the complexities of our postcolonial world through theatre that was molded in the cauldron of modern French relations and by the linguistic, political, economic, artistic, and indeed academic exigencies of French colonization and trade....

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Published in:Theatre Journal 1996, Vol.48 (3), p.397-398
Main Author: Elstob, Kevin
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthologies
French language
Linguistics
Politics
Theater
Women
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Summary:The plays in Makward's and Miller's anthology present the complexities of our postcolonial world through theatre that was molded in the cauldron of modern French relations and by the linguistic, political, economic, artistic, and indeed academic exigencies of French colonization and trade. In her erudite introduction, Miller suggests "Out of Bounds" as an alternative title for the collection, since this group of plays considers, "how an emerging theater by French and Francophone women has challenged mainstream theater, not only in form and content but also in practice thereby locating it 'somewhere else,' sometimes even out of the conventions that make it possible to recognize theater in the first place" (13).
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.1996.0056