American Review of Canadian Studies, March 22nd, 2008
Louise H. Forsyth, ed. Anthology of Quebec Women's Plays in English Translation: Volume 1 (1966-1986). Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2006. xviii + 570 pp. $55.00 paper. The 20 years between 1966 and 1986 witnessed the birth and rapid growth of the Theatre-femmes movement in Quebec. This period of feminist revolution in theater was marked by its transgression of patriarchal traditions, by innovation and experimentation in all areas of dramaturgy, and by the passionate consciousness-raising of women determined to use their pens, voices, and bodies to portray their experiences, fears, fanta...
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