Women in Theatre: Gender Identity and Expression on the Stage

Catalog description

(Also offered as WGSS 3130 .) A critical study of women's participation in the art of theatre, with particular attention to theatre as a tool for exploring gender identity and expression. Focus on plays and performances, primarily from the 20th- and 21st-century United States, analyzing how evolving feminist concerns are reflected in women's theatrical work and how changing concepts of gender and other intersectional identities are embodied on the stage.