Gendering Taboos: 10 Short Plays by African Women: Yanci; The Arrangement; A Woman Has Two Mouths; Who Is in My Garden?; The Taste of Justice; Desperanza; Oh!; In Her Silence; Horny & …; Gnash

Gendering Taboos is a collection of ten new short plays by African women that tackles taboo topics on identity, gender, sexualities, family relations, and power, showcasing and encouraging the development of new work. It was selected from 75 submissions from nine African countries and performed as staged readings at the AWPN Festival hosted by the University of Ghana in 2022.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 136 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Ten new short plays by African women have been released, tackling taboo topics such as identity, gender, sexualities, family relations, and power. This collection is the next step in the African Women Playwright Network (AWPN) and showcases and encourages the development of new work. The plays were selected from 75 submissions from nine African countries and performed as staged readings at the AWPN Festival hosted by the University of Ghana in 2022. They speak to contemporary and pressing issues, illuminating lived experiences of African women that are common but seldom discussed. Gendering Taboos is an invaluable resource for schools and universities looking to diversify and decolonize curricula and engage with short works for practical classes, performances, and auditions from a range of various cultures. It is also an invaluable tool for programmers looking for new work and scholars working specifically in areas of gender and dramatic criticism.

Weight: 162g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350407978