{"product_id":"women-collective-creation-and-devised-kathryn-mederos-syssoyeva-9781137603272","title":"Women, Collective Creation, and Devised Performance: The Rise of Women Theatre Artists in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the role and centrality of women in the development of collaborative theatre practice, alongside the significance of collective creation and devising in the development of the modern theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing a web of women theatremakers in Europe and North America, this book explores the connections between early twentieth century collective theatre practices such as workers theatre and the dramatic play movement, and the subsequent spread of theatrical devising. Chapters investigate the work of the Settlement Houses, total theatre in 1920s' France, the mid-century avant-garde and New Left collectives, the nomadic performances of Europe's transnational theatre troupes, street-theatre protests, and contemporary devising. In so doing, the book further elucidates a history of modern theatre begun in \u003ci\u003eA History of Collective Creation\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eCollective Creation in Contemporary Performance\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), in which the seemingly marginal and disparate practices of collective creation and devising are revealed as central-and women theatremakers revealed as progenitors of these practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1137603275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781137603272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.65h x 6.08w x 0.96d","brand":"Kathryn Mederos Syssoyeva","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302194311423,"sku":"9781137603272","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_448c9714-251f-4612-85e8-ffe9130584e5.jpg?v=1695160068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-collective-creation-and-devised-kathryn-mederos-syssoyeva-9781137603272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}