Gendering the Nation
Identity Politics and English Comic Theatre of the Long Eighteenth Century
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Theatre, History & Criticism
| Author: | Chandrava Chakravarty | ISBN: | 9788125051350 |
| Publisher: | Orient Blackswan Private Limited | Publication: | March 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chandrava Chakravarty |
| ISBN: | 9788125051350 |
| Publisher: | Orient Blackswan Private Limited |
| Publication: | March 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Gendering the Nation studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the extent to which they could constitute gender masculinity and femininity as the basis of a secure social order and a stable nation. A study of genderculture interface, Gendering the Nation offers new readings of non-canonical plays and makes extensive use of several extra-literary discourses
Gendering the Nation studies the role of the comic theatre in Britain during the long eighteenth century as a nation-building discourse. It evaluates the impact of the cultural phenomenon of Sentimentality on the English comic stage in conceptualising gendered identities for the men and women of a polite, genteel nation. The book analyses certain popular comic plays of the time to ascertain the extent to which they could constitute gender masculinity and femininity as the basis of a secure social order and a stable nation. A study of genderculture interface, Gendering the Nation offers new readings of non-canonical plays and makes extensive use of several extra-literary discourses
