Milestones in Feminist Performance

This accessible introduction challenges fixed understandings of the geographical or conceptual ’origins’ of feminist performance, offering a fresh and open-ended guide to the moments and movements that have come to define this vital field.

Tiina Rosenberg is a professor of theatre and performance studies at Stockholm University (Sweden). Previously, she held professorships in gender studies at Stockholm and Lund Universities and served as the vice-chancellor of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. Rosenberg has extensively explored performing arts, feminism, and queer theory in her writings.

Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Professor of English and former Director of Women and Gender Studies (now Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies) at Montclair State University (US). Specializing in Feminist Theory, Cultural, Performance, and Postcolonial Studies, she designed and instructs MSU’s inaugural course on Muslim women’s writings, alongside an Honours course in Muslim Pop Culture.

Sandra D’Urso obtained her PhD from the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts and is an independent scholar in Melbourne (Australia). Their primary interests include feminist performance art, Australian theatre, and contemporary performance art within states of exception.