A mothering dramaturgy
The creative co-practices of mothering and directing in contemporary rehearsal rooms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katy Maudlin (Deakin University), Rea Dennis (0000-0002-6214-3504, Deakin University), Kate Hunter (0000-0002-2757-1474, Deakin University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-122 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462937.2022.2137229 |
| OpenAlex | W4307280797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
This essay considers the conceptual diversity in the current discourse on dramaturgy within contemporary theater making and adds an embodied maternal dramaturgy. Featuring interviews with six prominent women directors who are mothers, the essay presents key mothering moments and their presence in rehearsal practice. The essay highlights the corporeal knowledge of the postpartum director, and the kinds of adjustments to practices and work models that emerge from the needs of the director as mother. We present a mothering dramaturgy as a political act: a process that disrupts and unsettles divisions of labor, social constructs, and commonly accepted notions of body
Aesthetics · Art · Dramaturgy · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Irish and British Studies · Law · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |