Political Bodies
Author | : Alice A. Nelson |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0838755038 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838755037 |
Rating | : 4/5 (037 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Political Bodies by : Alice A. Nelson
Download or read book Political Bodies written by Alice A. Nelson and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furthermore, she argues that this contest has been enacted literally and figuratively on the stage of human bodies as sites of domination and resistance. Examining works by Pia Barros, David Benavente and the Taller de Investigacion Teatral, Ariel Dorfman, Diamela Eltit, and Isabel Allende, Political Bodies engages emergent feminist critiques of authoritarianism in terms of gender and class, history and language.