{"product_id":"wendy-wasserstein-gail-ciociola-9780786423170","title":"Wendy Wasserstein: Dramatizing Women, Their Choices and Their Boundaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e Although Wasserstein calls herself a humanist, her works reflect a political rhetoric, if cloaked in humor, that she herself could not imagine to be anything but feminist. Shaped by literal, cultural, and materialistic feminist theory, Wasserstein illustrates the impact of the women's movement on the lives of her female characters. The five major works, with their near-sequel effect, let us see her characters' college years, mid-twenties, mid-thirties and middle age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Through the use of a newly devised critical context called fem-en(act)ment, or textual or performance drama that is guided by feminist disposition thematically and stylistically, the author here allows for a fresh reading of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Ciociola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 078642317X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786423170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 5.80w x 0.41d","brand":"Gail Ciociola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292896547071,"sku":"9780786423170","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9fa034b-4f30-4bf6-ba35-a99801894a61.jpg?v=1730210485","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wendy-wasserstein-gail-ciociola-9780786423170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}