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Cheek O'Donnell, Sydney.

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An exaggerated life: Franca Rame on the political stage (Italy).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An exaggerated life: Franca Rame on the political stage (Italy)./
Author:	Cheek O'Donnell, Sydney.
Description:	223 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-07, Section: A, page: 2433.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-07A.
Subject:	Theater. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3139457
ISBN:	9780496865987

An exaggerated life: Franca Rame on the political stage (Italy).
Cheek O'Donnell, Sydney.

An exaggerated life: Franca Rame on the political stage (Italy). - 223 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-07, Section: A, page: 2433.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2004.

This dissertation is a critical biography of Franca Rame (b. 1929), the left-wing Italian actor, playwright, and activist, who, alongside her husband and creative partner Dario Fo, is the most produced Italian playwright in the world. Taking seriously the feminist axiom "the personal is political," I analyze Rame's personal history in relation to the trajectory of her work, political consciousness, and historical context to demonstrate how she has been influenced by and has influenced Italian politics and society. By examining her performance aesthetic, which is heavily influenced by the popular theater traditions of Italy, Brecht's epic theater, and feminist praxis, I illustrate how Rame has used performance and celebrity as a political activist within the larger historical context. In addition, I argue that Rame's work has been as important as Fo's in producing the body of work now known primarily as the "Theater of Dario Fo."

ISBN: 9780496865987Subjects--Topical Terms:

522973
Theater.

An exaggerated life: Franca Rame on the political stage (Italy).
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