Genus Envy: Nationalities, Identities, and the Performing Body of Work

by Thomas Connolly

Spanning across playwrights, performers, critics, and theatrical commemorations, this book raises controversy about familiar figures and brings attention to neglected ones. Thomas F. Connolly opens his book with a provocative essay subtitled "Notional Culture." The first sentence: "Postmodernism makes others of us all," introduces Connolly's confrontational approach to the study of culture. The introduction takes readers from Montaigne's "Cannibals"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604976829
• ISBN13: 9781604976823
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambria Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"