{"product_id":"staging-violence-against-women-and-isley-lynn-9781350329706","title":"Staging Violence Against Women and Girls: Plays and Interviews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Violence Against Women and Girls\u003c\/i\u003e brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Ra伃 Quir Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation\/Cutting (FGM\/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM\/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuate\u003cbr\u003ethe practice and, finally, survivors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Kubra' \u003c\/b\u003e(Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM\/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Trial for Rape\u003c\/b\u003e (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their conception and production of the works collected in \u003ci\u003eStaging Violence Against Women and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e. The plays and their creators highlight the urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice to survivors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isley Lynn, Ra伃 Quir Molina, Bahar Brunton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350329703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350329706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.25w x 0.46d","brand":"Isley Lynn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071415480575,"sku":"9781350329706","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2528e75e-1378-476d-bed2-c1ca368bd583.jpg?v=1685435964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/staging-violence-against-women-and-isley-lynn-9781350329706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}