Making a Scene: The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American Women

by Merle Feld, Wendy Wasserstein, Barbara Kahn, et al.

Book Overview

In Judaism, women's voices have been silenced, leaving the tradition enriched with only a "half-genius." This collection of seven plays by Jewish women playwrights helps make whole this half-genius by giving voice to some of the most creative forces in Jewish and American cultural life today.

- Wendy Wasberstein's Isn't It Romantic comically examines Jewish women caught in complex, modern-day families.

- Barbara Lebow's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627130
• ISBN13: 9780815627135
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"