From Practice to Theory

In this rare example of praxis, Juli Parker, Ph.D., a
budding scholar/artist in feminist theatre shares her
original play, Liberating Women, followed by an
analytical critique. The play examines the current
antagonism to feminist reproductive rights activism
in the United States, specifically focusing on the
legality of abortion. Female superheroes save women
from the actions of extremist politicians and their
secrete underground forces in an all too familiar
parody of the Bush administration. The accompanying
analysis is designed to offer a theoretical and
personal context for the creative work, to define
feminist theatre and a brief history of it, while
examining feminist theatre''s potential for social and
pedagogical change. Parker assesses the impact of
theatre as a method of social change, playing her own
roles as playwright, producer, director and scholar.

Autorentext

Juli Parker, Ph.D. has been the director of the Women's ResourceCenter and an affiliate faculty in Women's Studies at theUniversity of Massachusetts, Dartmouth for the past fourteenyears. She acts at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren, RI and hasdirected numerous plays by women. She strives to make women inthe theatre more visible.

Klappentext

In this rare example of praxis, Juli Parker, Ph.D., abudding scholar/artist in feminist theatre shares heroriginal play, Liberating Women, followed by ananalytical critique. The play examines the currentantagonism to feminist reproductive rights activismin the United States, specifically focusing on thelegality of abortion. Female superheroes save womenfrom the actions of extremist politicians and theirsecrete underground forces in an all too familiarparody of the Bush administration. The accompanyinganalysis is designed to offer a theoretical andpersonal context for the creative work, to definefeminist theatre and a brief history of it, whileexamining feminist theatre's potential for social andpedagogical change. Parker assesses the impact oftheatre as a method of social change, playing her ownroles as playwright, producer, director and scholar.