{"product_id":"staging-violence-against-women-and-girls","title":"Staging Violence Against Women and Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStaging Violence Against Women and Girls\u003c\/i\u003e brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Stitches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation\/Cutting (FGM\/C) from the points of view of by-standers, anti-FGM\/C activists, health professionals, women who perpetuate\u003cbr\u003ethe practice and, finally, survivors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Kubra’ \u003c\/b\u003e(Sydney, 2016): written by Dacia Maraini, this short play features a young woman who was subjected to FGM\/C as a child and now, years later, brings her case to court in a search for justice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Trial for Rape\u003c\/b\u003e (Rome, 2018): adapted for theatre by Renato Chiocca from the international award-winning 1979 documentary of the same name, this play reveals how judicial procedures and attitudes toward sexual violence tend to turn rape survivors from accusers into accused.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their interviews, the writers, directors and producers discuss their conception and production of the works collected in \u003ci\u003eStaging Violence Against Women and \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirls\u003c\/i\u003e. The plays and their creators highlight the urgency of raising awareness of these forms of violence and giving voice to survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256342565208,"sku":"9781350329706","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350329706_b65385c2-fb3e-4215-84da-55d42e0ec84c.jpg?v=1770288341","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/staging-violence-against-women-and-girls","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}