Women and scarecrows: Marina carr’s stage bodies

Mary Noonan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59710-2_4

Women and scarecrows: Marina carr’s stage bodies

Mary Noonan

School of Computer Science and Information Technology

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Abstract

This chapter considers the theatre of Marina Carr in the light of the feminist thought of French writers Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigaray, in particular their work on the cultural representations of the feminine-maternal body. Taking the play Woman and Scarecrow as a case-study, the chapter examines Carr’s undermining of the visualist bias of conventional theatre, and demonstrates the extent to which she privileges the auditory in an attempt to confer on the stage a female voice and body.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Perspectives on Contemporary Irish Theatre
Subtitle of host publication	Populating the Stage
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	59-71
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319597102
ISBN (Print)	9783319597096
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59710-2_4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

Female voice
Feminist approach
Marina carr
Maternal body
Woman and scarecrow

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