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International women stage directors / edited by Anne Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow ; foreword by Roberta Levitow

Published
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 327 pages)
Additional Creators
Fliotsos, Anne L., 1964-, Vierow, Wendy, and Levitow, Roberta
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Foreword / Roberta Levitow -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Anne Fliotsos -- Argentina / May Summer Farnsworth and Brenda Werth -- Australia / Laura Ginters -- Brazil / Alessandra Vannucci -- Bulgaria / Vessela S. Warner -- Canada / Gordon McCall -- China / Jiangyue Li -- Cuba / Ileana Azor -- Czech Republic / Mirenka Cechova -- Egypt / Dalia Basiouny -- France / Kate Bredeson -- Germany / Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer -- Great Britain / Adam J. Ledger -- Greece / Avra Sidiropoulou -- India / Erin B. Mee -- Ireland / Karin Maresh -- Kenya / Margaretta Swigert-Gacheru -- Mexico / Ileana Azor -- Pakistan / Claire Pamment -- Poland / Magda Romanska -- Romania / Diana Manole -- Russia / Maria Ignatieva -- South Africa / Marie-Heleen Coetzee and Lliane Loots -- Taiwan / Iris Hsin-chun Tuan -- United States of America / Anne Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow.
Summary
A study of women in the arts, this book is an examination of women directors in twenty-four diverse countries. Organized by country, chapters provide historical context and emphasize how social, political, religious, and economic factors have impacted women's rise in the theatre, particularly in terms of gender equity. Contributors tell the stories of their home country's pioneering women directors and profile the most influential women directors practicing today, examining their career paths, artistry, and major achievements. Contributors are Ileana Azor, Dalia Basiouny, Kate Bredeson, Mirenka Čechová, Marié-Heleen Coetzee, May Farnsworth, Anne Fliotsos, Laura Ginters, Iris Hsin-chun Tuan, Maria Ignatieva, Adam J. Ledger, Roberta Levitow, Jiangyue Li, Lliane Loots, Diana Manole, Karin Maresh, Gordon McCall, Erin B. Mee, Ursula Neuerburg-Denzer, Claire Pamment, Magda Romanska, Avra Sidiropoulou, Margaretta Swigert-Gacheru, Alessandra Vannucci, Wendy Vierow, Vessela S. Warner, and Brenda Werth. -- Publisher's description.
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ISBN
9780252095856 (electronic bk.)
0252095855 (electronic bk.)
9780252037818 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0252037812 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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