{"product_id":"staging-violence-against-women-and-girls-plays-and-interviews-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, Raúl Quirós 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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10914027\"\u003eIsley Lynn\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15420311\"\u003eRaúl Quirós Molina\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15420312\"\u003eBahar Brunton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350329706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350329703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011030\"\u003eTheater | Playwriting\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniela Cavallaro \u003c\/b\u003electures in Italian studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has authored several articles and two books (\u003ci\u003eItalian Women's Theatre 1930-1960\u003c\/i\u003e: an anthology of plays; \u003ci\u003eEducational Theatre for Women in post-WWII Italy: a stage of their own\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuciana d'Arcangeli\u003c\/b\u003e is Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian at Flinders University, Australia. Her areas of expertise are: Italian theatre, cinema, 20th century studies, translation (FCIL) and interpreting (MITI), and scholarship (FHEA). Luciana coordinates the ACIS funded project \"Indelible (Eng) \/ Indelebile (It): The representation of (in)visible violence against women and their resistance\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e was until recently Cassamarca Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies at Griffith University. Australia, conducting research in applied linguistics and more recently translation studies and the Italian presence in Australia. Over the last 30 years she has participated in numerous community theatre productions in Brisbane concerned with social and political issues.","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44432647913709,"sku":"9781350329706","price":38.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_2abfa539-47dd-4005-acf7-31d35e9eebce.jpg?v=1700046175","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/staging-violence-against-women-and-girls-plays-and-interviews-9781350329706","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}