Reference Sources on Theater
- Glossary of Technical Theatre TermsOnline dictionary from the University of Exeter. Provides information on nearly 1500 technical terms in 17 theatre categories (e.g, lighting, stage management, sound, costume, administration).
Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PN2035 O92x 2003+Publication Date: 2 vols. Oxford Univ. Press, 2003Provides information about theatre and performance internationally, through history and in the present. Coverage ranges from ancient Greek theatre to 21st century developments around the globe. Dance, opera, performance art, radio, film, and television are covered, as are para-theatrical, non-dramatic, and popular performance.The Routledge Reader in Gender and Performance
Publication Date: Routledge, 1998This comprehensive volume: * reviews women's contributions to theatre history * includes contributions from many of the top academics in this discipline * examines how theatre has represented women over the centuries * introduces readers to major theoretical approaches and more complex questions about gender, the body and cross-dressing * offers an international perspective, including material from post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Russia.A Sourcebook on Feminist Theatre and Performance
Publication Date: Routledge, 1996A collection of key articles on feminist theatre and performance from The Drama Review (TDR). Includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.Women, Collective Creation, and Devised Performance
Publication Date: Palgrave, 2016Explores the role and centrality of women in the development of collaborative theatre practice, alongside the significance of collective creation and devising in the development of the modern theatre.Women Writing and Directing in the USA
Publication Date: Routledge, 2020Features interviews with some of the most successful theatre artists currently working on and off Broadway and beyond, providing insight on what it means and what it takes to be a successful female-identifying playwright and director in the USA.
Reference Sources on Gender & Sexuality
Feminism: A Very Short Introduction
Publication Date: Oxford UP, 2006By Margaret Walters. Provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation of the sixties, and its relevance today.Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories
Publication Date: Routledge, 2002Contains over 500 authoritative entries by an international team of contributors and includes clear, concise and provocative explanations of key themes and ideas. Each entry contains cross references and a bibliographic guide to further reading.Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference HQ1115 E54 2009+Publication Date: Sage, 20092 volumes; Focuses on significant gender scholarship within commonly recognized areas of social research.Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference HQ1180 .W55 2016Publication Date: 2016"The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in the overlapping areas of gender, feminist, queer, masculinity, and sexuality studies; and acknowledges the growing interdisciplinary impact of these fields. "Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures
Call Number: Print copy: Olin LIbrary Reference, HQ 75.13 G37 2000Offers accounts of the most important international developments in gay and lesbian cultural history "...written by some of the most famous names in the field, as well as new scholars, whose research continues to advance gender studies into the future."Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference HQ76.3.U5 E53x 2004Surveys more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States, presented through over 500 entries. Coverage includes people, public policy, economics, social issues, identities, and culture, among many others.International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality
Call Number: Print copy: Olin Reference HQ21 I677 2015Publication Date: Wiley-Blackwell, 20153 volumes, Contains over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems.SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies
Publication Date: Sage, 2021This encyclopedia, featuring more than 300 well-researched articles, takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to trans studies. Entries focus on diverse lives, identities, and contexts, including the experiences of trans people in different racial, religious, and sexual communities in the United States and the variety of ways that gender is expressed in other countries.