Masculinities and the contemporary Irish theatre : [electronic book] /
By: Singleton, Brian [author.].
Contributor(s): ProQuest [vendor]
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Series: Performance interventions: Publisher: Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: 1 online resource (vii, 227 pages) : illustrations, portraits.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: computer | computer Carrier type: online resource | online resourceISBN: 9780230294530; 9780230294530:; 0230294537.Subject(s): Theater -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Masculinity | Theater and society -- Ireland | Androcentrism -- Ireland | National characteristics in the theater | Sex role in the theater -- IrelandOnline resources: Access ebook here | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Electronic Resource | Available Online |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contesting canons -- Performing patriarchy -- Monologies and masculinities -- Quare fellas -- Male races -- Protestant boys -- After words.
Irish theatre and its histories appear to be dominated by men and their actions. This book's socially and culturally contextualized analysis of performance over the last two decades reveals masculinities that are anything but hegemonic, played out in theatres and other arenas of performance all over Ireland.