Fabian Feminist

Fabian Feminist
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Publisher : University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015003653162
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Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Fabian Feminist by : Rodelle Weintraub

Throughout his career Bernard Shaw served as a "vigorous exponent of women's freedom to be themselves, to liberate themselves from their traditional roles and traditional subservience. This book reflects upon Shaw as an early champion of goals still fresh on the banners of today's feminist movement: equal opportunity to secure employment; equal pay for equal work; contracts for marriage; marriage free from degrading economic and possessive-sexual factors; dignified divorce; financial independence within or without marriage; ownership of property exclusive of one's husband; bearing of children outside of marriage and refusal to bear children; equal opportunity to participate in athletics; and legal equality of every variety. Following a general introduction by the editor, the book offers sections on Literary and Mythic Influences and Political and Economic Influences. Part III reveals Shaw grappling with the question of Sex Roles or True Vocation, and Part IV describes Shaw's Liberated Women. Next comes a consideration of the Influence of Shaw's Feminism: Three Generations--including interviews with the playwrights Clare Boothe Luce and Megan Terry. A concluding section presents five broadsides, not previously reprinted, under the rubric of Shaw on Feminist Issues. There is an extensive bibliography of works by and about Shaw, The Fabian Feminist.

Shaw and Feminisms

Shaw and Feminisms
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Publisher : University Press of Florida
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780813059839
ISBN-13 : 0813059836
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Shaw and Feminisms by : D. A. Hadfield

“A worthy successor to Fabian Feminist. Shaw’s influence on the self-image and public standing of women has been immense, both in his time and in our own, yet Shaw has also been widely and sometimes appallingly misunderstood. This book should help clarify the complexities of the issue and provoke continued reflection and debate.”—Julie A. Sparks, San Jose State University “This collection suggests that Shaw’s views of women are still relevant and provocative and that the dialogue with Shaw is far from over.”—Sally Peters, author of Bernard Shaw: The Ascent of the Superman When offstage actions contradict a playwright’s onstage message, literary study gets messy. In his personal relationships, George Bernard Shaw was often ambivalent toward liberated women—surprisingly so, considering his reputation as one of the first champions of women’s rights. His private attitudes sit uncomfortably beside his public philosophies that were so foundational to first-wave feminism. Here, Shaw’s long-recognized influence on feminism is reexamined through the lens of twenty-first-century feminist thought as well as previously unpublished primary sources. New links appear between Shaw’s writings and his gendered notions of physicality, pain, performance, nationalism, authorship, and politics. The book’s archival material includes previously unpublished Shaw correspondence and excerpts from the works of his feminist playwright contemporaries. Shaw and Feminisms explores Shaw’s strong female characters, his real-life involvement with women, and his continuing impact on theater and politics today. A volume in the Florida Bernard Shaw Series, edited by R. F. Dietrich Contributors: Tracy J. R. Collins | Leonard W. Conolly | Virginia Costello | D. A. Hadfield | Brad Kent | Kay Li | Jackie Maxwell | John M. McInerney | Michel Pharand | Jean Reynolds | Margaret D. Stetz | Lawrence Switzky | Rodelle Weintraub | Ann Wilson

George Bernard Shaw in Context

George Bernard Shaw in Context
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 723
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ISBN-10 : 9781316432167
ISBN-13 : 1316432165
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis George Bernard Shaw in Context by : Brad Kent

When George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, the world lost one of its most well-known authors, a revolutionary who was as renowned for his personality as he was for his humour, humanity, and rebellious thinking. He remains a compelling figure who deserves attention not only for how influential he was in his time, but for how relevant he is to ours. This collection sets Shaw's life and achievements in context, with forty-two scholarly essays devoted to subjects that interested him and defined his work. Contributors explore a wide range of themes, moving from factors that were formative in Shaw's life, to the artistic work that made him most famous and the institutions with which he worked, to the political and social issues that consumed much of his attention, and, finally, to his influence and reception. Presenting fresh material and arguments, this collection will point to new directions of research for future scholars.

Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings

Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages : 736
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ISBN-10 : 007351232X
ISBN-13 : 9780073512327
Rating : 4/5 (2X Downloads)

Synopsis Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings by : Susan Shaw

As a leading introductory women’s studies reader, Shaw and Lee’s Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions offers an excellent balance of classic, conceptual, and experiential selections including new contemporary readings. This student-friendly text provides short and accessible readings reflecting the diversity of women’s experiences. With each new edition, the authors keep the framework essays and selections of readings fresh and interesting for students.

A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto

A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 155
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ISBN-10 : 9781443893237
ISBN-13 : 1443893234
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto by : Azeez Jasim Mohammed

A Contemporary Shavian Manifesto presents an appraisal of George Bernard Shaw’s position on women in his plays. The dramatist’s unconventional approach itself is praiseworthy as he creates unwomanly women who are deviant and create their own space outside social conventions and practices. In creating a counterpoint to the norm, Shaw succeeds in creating the image of a “new woman” who is no longer “the angel of the house”. The book explores the ways in which Shaw addresses gender inequality in society through an examination of women’s role in the social, religious, moral and economic spheres. In addition to studying Shaw’s exploration of the radical woman, this book traces his attempts to project a “new woman” who is the pursuer rather than being pursued. The playwright questions the relegation of woman to the domestic space, the arbitrary distribution of duties between men and women and patriarchally-determined codes of conduct imposed upon woman. His foregrounding of women as the force behind what he calls “Creative Evolution” achieves a kind of feminisation of the “life force”, the central theme in his plays.

Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions

Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 816
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ISBN-10 : 019092487X
ISBN-13 : 9780190924874
Rating : 4/5 (7X Downloads)

Synopsis Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions by : Susan M. Shaw

Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, Seventh Edition, is a balanced collection of classic, conceptual, and experiential selections. Accessible and student-friendly, the readings reflect the great diversity of women's experiences. Framework essays provide context and connections for students, while features like learning activities, ideas for activism, and questions for discussion provide a strong pedagogical structure for the readings.

Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women

Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 007351229X
ISBN-13 : 9780073512297
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women by : Janet Lee

This text with readings provides an accessible and engaging introduction to issues faced by women around the world. Each chapter begins with a framework essay written by a feminist scholar in the field, which provides an overview and analytical structure for the issues related to the topic at hand. The framework essay includes learning activities and other sidebars that may help instructors in planning class sessions and will encourage students to explore issues further. A number of carefully selected readings in each chapter offer a wide variety of perspectives on the topics discussed. Few of these essays have been anthologized elsewhere, providing new material for instructors and students.

Getting Married

Getting Married
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433112069673
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Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Getting Married by : Bernard Shaw

Play like a Feminist.

Play like a Feminist.
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780262360449
ISBN-13 : 0262360446
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Play like a Feminist. by : Shira Chess

An important new voice provides a riveting look at why video games need feminism and why all of us should make space for more play in our lives. "You play like a girl": it's meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you're a girl, and you grow up, do you "play like a woman"--whatever that means? In this provocative and enlightening book, Shira Chess urges us to play like feminists. Furthermore, she urges us to play video games like feminists. Playing like a feminist is empowering and disruptive; it exceeds the boundaries of gender yet still advocates for gender equality. Feminism need video games as much as video games need feminism.

Shaw's Daughters

Shaw's Daughters
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Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015024952221
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Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Shaw's Daughters by : J. Ellen Gainor

For almost a century critics of George Bernard Shaw's dramatic works have accepted the characterization of Shaw as an artist and thinker well ahead of his time with regard to social issues - women's liberation in particular. Since the first wave of feminist criticism in the 1960s and 1970s, however, very little effort has been made to examine Shaw's works in the light of the most recent and challenging developments in feminist theory and gender studies. Now, at a time of renewed historical interest in his plays, J. Ellen Gainor brings the critical understanding of Shaw's work into the present day. Gainor introduces previously unexamined reviews and articles by Shaw's female contemporaries - and discovers among them a remarkable resistance to his depictions of women. Through an analysis of three major character tropes Gainor discovers dramaturgical patterns in Shaw's gender construction that work against the contention that the author created positive and progressive images of women and that situate his work well within the dominant social ideologies of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. Gainor demonstrates that positioning Shaw firmly among his contemporaries may actually resolve some of the troubling issues in his dramaturgy, allowing us to understand more clearly the origins of a number of his female character types, and even to see continuities throughout his work where they have not been shown before.