仪式与女性自我

【目 录】
Contents
Introduction ／ 001
ⅠWomanConscious Drama: The ｕｖｒｅ of Norman, Wasserstein
and Vogel ／ 005
ⅡLiterature Review ／ 019
ⅢRitual, Liminal Female Self and Performativity ／ 033
 
Chapter One
Destruction and Resurrection: Marginalized
Women Reborn from Death Ritual and Ritual Death ／ 049
ⅠAn Excons SelfReformation Through Rites of Affliction and
Renaming ／ 054
 
ⅡAn Epileptics SelfEmpowerment by Performing Her Own
“Requiem Mass” ／ 081
 
ⅢA Whores Elevation to Spiritual Guide in Initiating a Few
Rituals ／ 105
 
Chapter Two Compliance and Resistance: Educated Women
Redefined by (Mis)performing Rituals  ／ 129
ⅠBecoming “Uncommon Women” by Carnivalizing
College Rituals ／ 134
ⅡA Humanists Conversion to Feminist by Participating
in a CR Ritual ／ 163
ⅢThree Sisters SelfRenewal after a Jewish Ritual of
Sabbath Sundown ／ 187
 
Chapter Three Subversion and Reconstruction: Transgressive
 
Women Empowered Through Parodied Rituals ／ 213
ⅠNegotiating Gender Roles in Playacting Rituals of “Dying”
and “Service” ／ 217
ⅡIdentifying with the Other Through Fantasized “Rite of
Loving Exorcism” ／ 240
ⅢShifting Power Through Parodied Rites of Initiation and
Courtship／ 264
 
Chapter Four The Performativity of Ritual and Identity in
Contemporary American Womens Drama ／ 287
ⅠRitual in the Womens Movement and the Feminist Ritual Theater ／ 290
ⅡThe Performativity of Ritual ／ 300
 
ⅢThe Performativity of Female Self ／ 313
 
Conclusion ／ 326
References ／ 334