DRM100Y1 Lecture 17: Churchill
8 Jul 2016
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Colonialism and patriarchy: colonialist ideologies: subaltern identity, economic slavery, etc. Imposition of values, laws, languages, culture: patriarchy: rule of the eldest males. Caryl churchill: proli c, jumping between modes, consistent commitment to the examination of social and political realities, theatrical experimentation: search for the right forms to express problems, associated with royal court theatre; prominent, subsidized, not for pro t theatre. Venues in which the questions she asks are welcomed: overlapping dialogue, desires of the oppressed, political, social and sexual. Con ict originates from the resistance of desires. Clearly a feminist author; a woman brining women"s experiences, lives, and political/social/sexual desires to the stage: feminism: advocacy for women, gender equality for women etc. Political advocacy moment and a critical theory. A practice; praxis, i. e. an intentional action directed towards an end: churchill a socialist feminist; cultural and economic roots of oppression. Marxism concerned with systematic inequality between classes, feminism with inequality between people of different sexes and genders.
