Casting Gender puts forward a vision of theatre storytelling and the performance of the
everyday function within the lived spaces of its performers and audiences asking how women
artists scholars embody meaning carry social value and constitute possible identities.
Drawing on scholarship in intercultural communication performance studies women's studies
and cultural studies this collection of new critically informed research advances our
understanding of how theater works as intercultural communication and as a vehicle for change.
Casting Gender offers varied locations and sites of research highlighting the rich diversity
of women's cultural identities roles and societal positions. This book moves beyond the
western-centered nature of intercultural performance and intercultural communication theory and
practice by creating a forum for nonwestern voices.
