Women Centre Stage: The Dramatist and the Play

by Poile Sengupta

Book Overview

This selection of six contemporary plays explores a wide range of issues - familial, social, mythological, political - with women centre stage. The plays are distinct from each other in structure, theme and style, but are bound together by a common thread - the position and role of women in family, social and political systems. Issues such as sexual abuse, in-law relationships, the trauma of ageing, the struggle for women's empowerment, love and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415563143
• ISBN13: 9780415563147
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Routledge India
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"