Sightlines
Subtitle: race, gender, and nation in contemporary Australian theatre
By: Helen Gilbert.
Series: Theater--theory/text/performance
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Australian drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Literature and society -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.; National characteristics, Australian, in literature.; Gender identity in literature.; Nationalism in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Race in literature.
Description: Sightlines surveys a rich variety of Australian performance, including both mainstream and marginalized groups, to explore how race, gender, and nation are expressed in theatrical contexts.

Helen Gilbert's recurrent concern with representations of Aboriginality, particularly in the works of nonindigenous playwrights, draws attention to racial politics as a perennial motif in postcolonial nations. Her exploration of the relationships between patriarchy and imperialism is supported by an extensive discussion of plays by and about women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-266) and index.