Book contents
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 23 - Brecht and Feminism
from Part III - The World’s Brecht
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2021
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This essay focuses on Brecht’s commitment to women’s emancipation on the basis of his interest in the writings and activism of Marx, Engels, Bebel, Lenin, Clara Zetkin, and Rosa Luxemburg; his collaborative work over the years with numerous women writers and theater practitioners; and his ability as a playwright to create some of the most intriguing female characters in the history of theater. The essay goes on to examine Brecht’s reception by feminist theater critics and practitioners, to provide a summary of productions of his plays with leading women actors in the US and the UK, and to discuss two productions set in Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda) based on Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children.
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- Bertolt Brecht in Context , pp. 201 - 207Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021