{"product_id":"an-actress-prepares-women-and-the-method-paperback","title":"An Actress Prepares: Women and \"the Method\" - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRosemary Malague\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Every day, thousands of women enter acting classes where most of them will receive some variation on the Stanislavsky-based training that has now been taught in the U.S. for nearly ninety years. Yet relatively little feminist consideration has been given to the experience of the student actress: What happens to women in Method actor training?'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Actress Prepares\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to interrogate Method acting from a specifically feminist perspective. Rose Malague addresses \"the Method\" not only with much-needed critical distance, but also the crucial insider's view of a trained actor. Case studies examine the preeminent American teachers who popularized and transformed elements of Stanislavsky's System within the U.S.-Strasberg, Adler, Meisner, and Hagen- by analyzing and comparing their related but distinctly different approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book confronts the sexism that still exists in actor training and exposes the gender biases embedded within the Method itself. Its in-depth examination of these Stanislavskian techniques seeks to reclaim Method acting from its patriarchal practices and to empower women who act.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I've been waiting for someone to write this book for years: a thorough-going analysis and reconsideration of American approaches to Stanislavsky from a feminist perspective ... lively, intelligent, and engaging.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e- Phillip Zarrilli, University of Exeter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Theatre people of any gender will be transformed by Rose Malague's eye-opening study \u003cem\u003eAn Actress Prepares\u003c\/em\u003e... This book will be useful to all scholars and practitioners determined to make gender equity central to how they hone their craft and their thinking.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e- Jill Dolan, Princeton University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRosemary Malague\u003c\/strong\u003e is the director of the Theatre Arts Program and a senior lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a doctorate in theatre from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133913469063,"sku":"9780415681575","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5a440058dec66b9c8dde2ef594e38314.webp?v=1732637668","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-actress-prepares-women-and-the-method-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}