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My paper offers an analysis of the representation of the “mother without child” (Hansen 1997) in ... more My paper offers an analysis of the representation of the “mother without child” (Hansen 1997) in Joanna Murray-Smith’s jukebox musical (Fitzpatrick 2008) Pennsylvania Avenue. It suggests that the genre of the jukebox musical, as it is manifest within Pennsylvania Avenue, operates to emphasise a persisting link between mother and child, irrespective of the duration of the separation.
Elaine Tuttle Hansen writes of the new stories of the mother without child which she considers, “these fictional woman who are mothers (actual or, in some cases, potential) and their conventional maternal capacities, including their relational, nurturant, and protective abilities, are not utterly devalued or destroyed by the loss of a child, although they may be more or less damaged and are always changed in some way” (Hansen 1997, 26). Loss is a persistent theme within Murray-Smith’s writing, and Murray-Smith’s interest in representing women who experience loss might be suggested to indicate an interest in representing the diverse experiences of women. Harper, Murray-Smith’s central character in Pennsylvania Avenue, mourns for the child that she gave up at birth. However, whilst she experiences her separation from her child as an experience of loss and unrealised potential, her life apart from her child is not all loss. She experiences love and lust, and she has positive interactions with the people that she meets at her place of work, The White House.
Hansen considers the story of the mother without child to “[embrace] the loss of children as both tragic and liberating” (Hansen 1997, 236), and within Pennsylvania Avenue Murray-Smith permits that there may be both tragic and joyful elements to her narrative. Harper has an impact upon significant political events and important political choices.
Murray-Smith’s play Pennsylvania Avenue depicts a mother without child whose story includes elements of both pathos and joy, and it will be proposed here that Pennsylvania Avenue might be considered to offer an “alternative [story]” (Hansen 1997, 238) of potential and possibility for the mother without child.
Bibliography:
Fitzpatrick, Peter 2008, “Life or a Cabaret? Nick Enright and The Boy from Oz”, in Pender, Anne and Susan Lever (eds.), Nick Enright: An Actor’s Playwright. Rodopi: New York.
Hansen, Elaine Tuttle 1997, Mother without Child: Contemporary Fiction and the Crisis of Motherhood. University of California Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles.
Murray-Smith, Joanna 2014, “Pennsylvania Avenue” – unpublished script.
Rehearsal: 29 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
Company Run: 31 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
First Preview: 8 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Opening Night: 13 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Final Performance: 23 December 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
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My book chapter was published as part of Frances Greenslade's anthology "Absent Mothers", publish... more My book chapter was published as part of Frances Greenslade's anthology "Absent Mothers", published by Demeter Press on the 10th of September 2017.
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IntroductionAboriginal drama articulates a world vision differing significantly from that of the ... more IntroductionAboriginal drama articulates a world vision differing significantly from that of the European literary canon. First and foremost, both Canadian and Australian aboriginal playwrights wish to offer a new perspective on their forgotten history, thus undermining the biased vision of white settlers. (Maufort 2001, 8)The writing of Aboriginal women possesses powerful potentialities, and I argue that the writing of Aboriginal women about Aboriginal women's lives offers significant counter narratives which challenge the "culture of forgetting" (Manne 1996) which is endemic in the nation of Australia. Helen Thomson writes that "Forgetfulness in Australia is a politically charged strategy that has characterised settler history" (2001, 23). Further, Thomson proposes (quoting Joy Hooyton), "No document has a greater chance of challenging the cult of forgetfulness than a black woman's autobiography" (Hooyton 1990, 313; in Thomson 2001, 23). Jane ...
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Elaine Tuttle Hansen writes of the new stories of the mother without child which she considers, “these fictional woman who are mothers (actual or, in some cases, potential) and their conventional maternal capacities, including their relational, nurturant, and protective abilities, are not utterly devalued or destroyed by the loss of a child, although they may be more or less damaged and are always changed in some way” (Hansen 1997, 26). Loss is a persistent theme within Murray-Smith’s writing, and Murray-Smith’s interest in representing women who experience loss might be suggested to indicate an interest in representing the diverse experiences of women. Harper, Murray-Smith’s central character in Pennsylvania Avenue, mourns for the child that she gave up at birth. However, whilst she experiences her separation from her child as an experience of loss and unrealised potential, her life apart from her child is not all loss. She experiences love and lust, and she has positive interactions with the people that she meets at her place of work, The White House.
Hansen considers the story of the mother without child to “[embrace] the loss of children as both tragic and liberating” (Hansen 1997, 236), and within Pennsylvania Avenue Murray-Smith permits that there may be both tragic and joyful elements to her narrative. Harper has an impact upon significant political events and important political choices.
Murray-Smith’s play Pennsylvania Avenue depicts a mother without child whose story includes elements of both pathos and joy, and it will be proposed here that Pennsylvania Avenue might be considered to offer an “alternative [story]” (Hansen 1997, 238) of potential and possibility for the mother without child.
Bibliography:
Fitzpatrick, Peter 2008, “Life or a Cabaret? Nick Enright and The Boy from Oz”, in Pender, Anne and Susan Lever (eds.), Nick Enright: An Actor’s Playwright. Rodopi: New York.
Hansen, Elaine Tuttle 1997, Mother without Child: Contemporary Fiction and the Crisis of Motherhood. University of California Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles.
Murray-Smith, Joanna 2014, “Pennsylvania Avenue” – unpublished script.
Rehearsal: 29 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
Company Run: 31 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
First Preview: 8 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Opening Night: 13 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Final Performance: 23 December 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
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Papers by Emma J Dalton
Elaine Tuttle Hansen writes of the new stories of the mother without child which she considers, “these fictional woman who are mothers (actual or, in some cases, potential) and their conventional maternal capacities, including their relational, nurturant, and protective abilities, are not utterly devalued or destroyed by the loss of a child, although they may be more or less damaged and are always changed in some way” (Hansen 1997, 26). Loss is a persistent theme within Murray-Smith’s writing, and Murray-Smith’s interest in representing women who experience loss might be suggested to indicate an interest in representing the diverse experiences of women. Harper, Murray-Smith’s central character in Pennsylvania Avenue, mourns for the child that she gave up at birth. However, whilst she experiences her separation from her child as an experience of loss and unrealised potential, her life apart from her child is not all loss. She experiences love and lust, and she has positive interactions with the people that she meets at her place of work, The White House.
Hansen considers the story of the mother without child to “[embrace] the loss of children as both tragic and liberating” (Hansen 1997, 236), and within Pennsylvania Avenue Murray-Smith permits that there may be both tragic and joyful elements to her narrative. Harper has an impact upon significant political events and important political choices.
Murray-Smith’s play Pennsylvania Avenue depicts a mother without child whose story includes elements of both pathos and joy, and it will be proposed here that Pennsylvania Avenue might be considered to offer an “alternative [story]” (Hansen 1997, 238) of potential and possibility for the mother without child.
Bibliography:
Fitzpatrick, Peter 2008, “Life or a Cabaret? Nick Enright and The Boy from Oz”, in Pender, Anne and Susan Lever (eds.), Nick Enright: An Actor’s Playwright. Rodopi: New York.
Hansen, Elaine Tuttle 1997, Mother without Child: Contemporary Fiction and the Crisis of Motherhood. University of California Press: Berkeley and Los Angeles.
Murray-Smith, Joanna 2014, “Pennsylvania Avenue” – unpublished script.
Rehearsal: 29 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
Company Run: 31 October 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Melbourne Theatre Company Headquarters.
First Preview: 8 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Opening Night: 13 November 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.
Final Performance: 23 December 2014, Pennsylvania Avenue, Sumner Theatre, Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company.