Gender and modern Irish drama

Description:

"Susan Cannon Harris goes beyond the examination of the relationship between Irish national drama and Irish nationalist politics to the larger question of the way national identity and gender identity are constructed through each other. Radically redefining the context in which the Abbey plays were performed, Harris documents the material and discursive forces that produced Irish conceptions of gender. She looks at cultural constructions of the human body and their influence on nationalist rhetoric, linking the production and reception of the plays to conversations about public health, popular culture, economic policy, and racial identity that were taking place inside and outside the nationalist community."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Body, Human, in literature,  Characters,  Dramatic works,  English Feminist drama,  English drama,  Feminism and literature,  History,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Irish authors,  Sex role in literature,  Women,  Women and literature,  Women in literature,  English drama, irish authors, history and criticism,  English drama, history and criticism, 20th century,  Yeats, w. b. (william butler), 1865-1939,  Ireland, in literature,  Human body in literature

People: W. B. Yeats (1865-1939)

Places: Ireland

Times: 20th century