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1.

The Adrienne Kennedy Reader » Read Now
by Adrienne Kennedy. 310 pgs.

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Unmaking Mimesis: Essays on Feminism and Theater (Chap. 5 "Identification and Mimesis: The Theater of Adrienne Kennedy") » Read Now
by Elin Diamond. 230 pgs.

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In Unmaking Mimesis Elin Diamond interrogates the concept of mimesis in relation to feminism, theatre and performance. She combines psychoanalytic, semiotic and materialist strategies with readings of selected plays by those as diverse as Ibsen, Brecht, Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill and Peggy...
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In Unmaking Mimesis Elin Diamond interrogates the concept of mimesis in relation to feminism, theatre and performance. She combines psychoanalytic, semiotic and materialist strategies with readings of selected plays by those as diverse as Ibsen, Brecht, Aphra Behn, Caryl Churchill and Peggy Shaw.Through a series of provocative readings of theatre, theory and feminist performance she demonstrates the continuing force of feminism and mimesis in critical thinking today. Unmaking Mimesis will interest theatre scholars and performance and cultural theorists, for all of whom issues of text, representation and embodiment are of compelling concern.
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Drawing upon the Past: Classical Theatre in the Contemporary American Theatre (Chap. Four "A. R. Gurney, P. J. Gibson, and Adrienne Kennedy") » Read Now
by Robert J. Andreach. 236 pgs.

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Passed Over: The Tragic Mulatta and (Dis)Integration of Identity in Adrienne Kennedy's Plays, in African American Review » Read Now
by E. Barnsley Brown. 17 pgs.

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...Dis)Integration of Identity in Adrienne Kennedys Plays by E. Barnsley...recent interest in the drama of Adrienne Kennedy has been spawned by the publication...116-17) Forte...
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Orpheus Ascending: Music, Race, and Gender in Adrienne Kennedy's 'She Talks to Beethoven,' in African American Review » Read Now
by Philip C. Kolin. 12 pgs.

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...ascending: music,race, and gender in Adrienne Kennedys She Talks to Beethoven...of the abiding influences on Adrienne Kennedys life and work, and is indisputably...powerful...
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Staging Difference: Cultural Pluralism in American Theatre and Drama ("Adrienne Kennedy's Heterotopias and the (Im)possibilities of the (Black) Female Self" begins on p. 301) » Read Now
by Marc Maufort. 398 pgs.

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...Analysis of Fences by August Wilson and Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott 287 Savas Patsalidis Adrienne Kennedys Heterotopias and the Im possibilities of the Black Female...
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From Seeking One's Voice to Uttering the Scream: The Pioneering Journey of African American Women Playwrights through the 1960s and 1970s, in African American Review » Read Now
by Olga Barrios. 17 pgs.

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Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook ("Adrienne Kennedy" begins on p. 201) » Read Now
by Jane T. Peterson, Suzanne Bennett. 402 pgs.

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Includes biographical sketches, play synopses, production histories, and bibliographical information for more than 80 contemporary women playwrights who present African American, Latina, Asian American, and lesbian perpectives.
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Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index ("Kennedy, Adrienne (Adrienne Lita Hawkins)" begins on p. 287) » Read Now
by Bernard L. Peterson Jr. 630 pgs.

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"This work provides a wealth of information on obscure and overlooked American playwrights as well as some famous ones; it will be a welcome addition for collections specializing in the theater arts." Reference Books Bulletin