Shaw and feminisms :
on stage and off /
edited by D.A. Hadfield and Jean Reynolds ; Foreword by Rodelle Weintraub.
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| Summary: | A volume that gathers critical perspectives on Shaw's feminism and the contradictions therein. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
Ã2013.
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| Series: | Florida Bernard Shaw series.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index. Physical description: xvi, 234 pages ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9780813042435 0813042437 |
Table of Contents:
Part I. The women in Shaw's plays:
1. Shaw's athletic-minded women / Tracy J.R. Collins
2. Shaw and cruelty / Lawrence Switzky
3. Shutting out mother: Vivie Warren as the new woman / Ann Wilson
4. The politics of Shaw's Irish women in John Bull's other island / Brad Kent
Part II. Shaw's relationships with women
5. Bernard Shaw and the archbishop's daughter / Leonard W. Conolly
6. Writing women: Shaw and feminism behind the scenes / A. Hadfield
7. Feminist politics and the two Irish "Georges": Egerton versus Shaw / Margaret D. Stetz
8. The passionate anarchist and her idea man / Virginia Costello
Part III. Shavian feminism in the larger world
9. Mrs Warren's profession and the development of transnational Chinese feminism / Kay Li
10. Shaw's women in the world / John M. McInerney
11. The energy behind the anomaly: in conversation with Jackie Maxwell
Interview and editing by D.A. Hadfield.
Part I. The women in Shaw's plays:
1. Shaw's athletic-minded women / Tracy J.R. Collins
2. Shaw and cruelty / Lawrence Switzky
3. Shutting out mother: Vivie Warren as the new woman / Ann Wilson
4. The politics of Shaw's Irish women in John Bull's other island / Brad Kent
Part II. Shaw's relationships with women
5. Bernard Shaw and the archbishop's daughter / Leonard W. Conolly
6. Writing women: Shaw and feminism behind the scenes / A. Hadfield
7. Feminist politics and the two Irish "Georges": Egerton versus Shaw / Margaret D. Stetz
8. The passionate anarchist and her idea man / Virginia Costello
Part III. Shavian feminism in the larger world
9. Mrs Warren's profession and the development of transnational Chinese feminism / Kay Li
10. Shaw's women in the world / John M. McInerney
11. The energy behind the anomaly: in conversation with Jackie Maxwell
Interview and editing by D.A. Hadfield.