Book Chapter Details
Mandatory Fields
Jools Gilson-Ellis
2003 Unknown
Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women.
Mouth Ghosts: The Taste of the Os-Text.
Intellect
Bristol
Published
1
Optional Fields
Jools Gilson-Ellis Jools Gilson femininity mouthplace orality performance Helene Cixous A Mouthful of Birds Caryl Churchill os-text Luce Irigaray Ruth Salvaggio
This chapter proposes a radical connection between femininity and orality. In particular it proposes the new term 'os-text' to describe the relationship between writing and speaking one's own text in performance. The 'os-text' incorporates the uttering mouths (the 'os'), the kissing (osculation) of words into being, and the oscillation between writing and speaking. Examining the work of half/angel as example, the chapter develops the idea of the 'os-text' in relation to the feminist theory of Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray.
Jane de Gay & Lizbeth Goodman
1871516781
153
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