Women's comedic art as social revolution
Subtitle: five performers and the lessons of their subversive humor
By: Domnica Radulescu
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780786460724
Subjects: Women in the theater; Feminism and theater; Women comedians; History
Description: "This pioneering volume tells the stories of five women who have created revolutionary forms of comic performance and discourse that defy the flagrant prejudices about women and feminists. The artists include 16th-century performer Isabella Andreini, 17th-century improviser Catherine Biancolelli, 20th-century Italian playwright Franca Rame, and contemporary performance artists Deb Margolin and Kimberly Dark"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Isabella's "tricks": carnival and mimicry in sixteenth century Italy; title: Caterina Biancolelli: seventeenth century trickster and Parisian coquette; title: Franca Rame: militant Isabella, feminist Colombina in twentieth century Italy; title: Contemporary American Colombinas: the personal, the public, the intimate, the political, and the comical; title: The heritage of the Commedia dell'Arte for today's feminist theaters, comedy and activism, and radical acts by women artists.