Performing Australian Identity
Gendering King Lear
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4550600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philippa Kelly (0000-0001-9145-2448, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-227 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2005.0067 |
| OpenAlex | W2059404196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
A discussion of contemporary contexts for Australian feminist identities may find an unlikely focus in a centuries-old British play about an elderly patriarch. This essay takes as its starting point this incongruity, arguing that any sense of King Lear's contemporary value for feminism draws upon a history of discussion and debate-about Britishness, authenticity, about indigeneity-that has helped to shape Australian cultural formations. Beyond the question of what gender-interested performances can "do" with King Lear, this essay is interested in how Australian feminists understand themselves in engaging with the play
Aesthetics · Art · Britishness · Feminism · Identity (music · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Australian History and Society · Gender Studies · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |