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Actresses and Whores

Kirsten Pullen
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      The image of the actress as prostitute has haunted the theatrical profession since women first went on the stage. This book explores the history of this connection both in the cultural imagination and in real life. It shows, through case studies of women working in Britain and the United States between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, that some women have drawn on the dual tradition of 'whore' as radical and victim to carve out a space for female sexual agency. Female performers from Elizabeth Boutell and Charlotte Charke to Mae West redefined gender identity and appropriate female sexuality. Pullen integrates substantial archival research and interviews with working prostitutes with a consideration of feminist and cultural perspectives on the myth and reality of the actress/whore. This highly original study offers many insights to theatre historians and scholars of cultural, social and gender studies.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kirsten Pullen EAN: 9780521541022 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 370 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-02-17 CITY: GENRE: DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Theatre studies

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      Kirsten Pullen is Assistant Professor of Performance and New Media Studies at the University of Calgary.
      The image of the actress as prostitute has haunted the theatrical profession since women first went on the stage. This book explores the history of this connection both in the cultural imagination and in real life. It shows, through case studies of women working in Britain and the United States between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, that some women have drawn on the dual tradition of 'whore' as radical and victim to carve out a space for female sexual agency. Female performers from Elizabeth Boutell and Charlotte Charke to Mae West redefined gender identity and appropriate female sexuality. Pullen integrates substantial archival research and interviews with working prostitutes with a consideration of feminist and cultural perspectives on the myth and reality of the actress/whore. This highly original study offers many insights to theatre historians and scholars of cultural, social and gender studies.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Kirsten Pullen EAN: 9780521541022 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 370 g HEIGHT: 228 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-02-17 CITY: GENRE: DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 155 cm SPINE:

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      Theatre studies

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      Kirsten Pullen is Assistant Professor of Performance and New Media Studies at the University of Calgary.

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