Synopses & Reviews
Critical and popular debate about Mamets work often centers on the meanings of his misogynist, unloving character. The essays in this collection approach these controversial topics of gender and genre with verve, ranging from those which cast Mamet as a misogynist to those which understand his work as deeply ironic and even feminist. The contributors examine plays from the early
Sexual Perversity in Chicago to the recent
Jolly, two films,
House of Games and
Homicide, and Mamets first novel,
The Village. Synopsis
This groundbreaking book explores the full complexity of gender issues in the work of one of America's most important playwrights.
About the Author
Christopher Hudgins was Chair of the English Department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for nine years.
Leslie Kane is Professor of English at Westfield State College. She is the author of The Language of Silence: On the Unspoken and the Unspeakable in Modern Drama and Weasels and Wisemen: Ethics and Ethnicity in the Work of David Mamet.