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001 2011043811
003 DLC
005 20111104175638.0
008 111104s2012 ncu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780786460724 (softcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPN1590.W64$bR34 2012
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100 1 $aRadulescu, Domnica,$d1961-
245 10 $aWomen's comedic art as social revolution :$bfive performers and the lessons of their subversive humor /$cDomnica Radulescu.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2012.
263 $a1201
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Isabella's "tricks": carnival and mimicry in sixteenth century Italy -- Caterina Biancolelli: seventeenth century trickster and Parisian coquette -- Franca Rame: militant Isabella, feminist Colombina in twentieth century Italy -- Contemporary American Colombinas: the personal, the public, the intimate, the political, and the comical -- The heritage of the Commedia dell'Arte for today's feminist theaters, comedy and activism, and radical acts by women artists.
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650 0 $aWomen in the theater$zItaly$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen in the theater$zFrance$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen in the theater$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aFeminism and theater$zItaly$xHistory.
650 0 $aFeminism and theater$zFrance$xHistory.
650 0 $aFeminism and theater$zUnited States$xHistory.