Reading the plays of Wendy Wasserstein
By: Jan Balakian
Publisher: Applause Theatre and Cinema Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781557837257
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Uncommon women and others (1977) : the end of an era; title: Isn't it romantic (1983): can women have it all?; title: The Heidi chronicles (1988) : the dissolution of the feminist movement, from liberal ideals to conservative backlash; title: The sisters Rosensweig (1991) : "the self-loathing Jew, the practicing Jew, and the wandering Jew"; title: An American daughter (1997) : double standards for women prevail; title: Old money (2000) : a new gilded age; title: Third (2005) : problems with liberalism.