Women in the American Theatre

Actresses and Audiences, 1790-1870

Author: Faye E. Dudden
ISBN: 0300056362

This book deals with theatre's two standing offers to women - transformation and objectification - during the period when the American entertainment industry was taking shape and the first women's right movement emerged. Through a series of vivid biographical sketches of female performers and managers, Faye Dudden provides a provocative discussion of the conflicting messages conveyed by the early theatre about what it meant to be a woman.

Publisher: Yale University Press
Publish Date: 1994-01-01

Subjects: History / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Visual/Performing Arts)