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Professor Elaine Aston

Professor Emerita

  1. Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  2. Published

    Unmasking the Face of Gendered Citizenship: Anupama Chandrasekhar's Acid and Free Outgoing

    Aston, E., 2017, Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance. Dutt, B., Reinelt, J. & Sahai, S. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 145-162 18 p. (Contemporary Performance InterActions).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  3. Published

    Room for Realism?

    Aston, E. F., 2016, Twenty-First Century Drama: What Happens Now. Adisehiah, S. & Page, L. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 17-35 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  4. Published

    Caryl Churchill's 'Dark ecology'

    Aston, E. F., 5/11/2015, Rethinking the theatre of the absurd: ecology, the environment and the greening of the modern stage. Lavery, C. & Finburgh, C. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, p. 59-76 18 p. (Methuen Drama Engage).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  5. Published

    The 'Picasso' of modern British playwrights

    Aston, E. F., 25/09/2014, The theatre of Caryl Churchill. Gobert, R. D. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, p. 201-214 14 p. (Critical Companions).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  6. Published

    The 'f' word, feminism's critical futures

    Aston, E. F., 2014, Performance studies: key words, concepts and theories. Reynolds, B. (ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 8-15 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  7. Published

    Competing femininities: a 'girl' for Eurovision

    Aston, E. F., 2013, Performing the 'new' Europe: identities, feelings, and politics in the Eurovision Song Contest. Fricker, K. & Gluhovic, M. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 163-177 15 p. (Studies in International Performance).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  8. Published

    Creative Futures/Creating Futures: Close Encounters of the Practice Kind

    Aston, E., 2012, The politics of being on stage. Klöck, A. (ed.). Hildesheim: Georg Olms, p. 113-115 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  9. Published

    Debbie Tucker Green

    Aston, E., 2011, The Methuen drama guide to contemporary British playwrights. Middeke, M., Schnierer, P. & Sierz, A. (eds.). London: Methuen, p. 183-202 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  10. Published

    From Orlan to Bernhardt

    Aston, E., 2011, Contemporary French theatre and performance. Finburgh, C. & Lavery, C. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 137-148 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  11. Published

    Reviewing the Fabric of Blasted

    Aston, E., 2010, Sarah Kane in context. De Vos, L. & Saunders, G. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 13-27 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  12. Published

    A Good Night Out, For the Girls

    Aston, E., 2008, Cool Britannia?: British political drama in the 1990s. D'Monté, R. & Saunders, G. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 114-130 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  13. Published

    Integrity: the essential ingredient

    Harris, G. & Aston, E., 2007, Bobby Baker: redeeming features of daily life. Barrett, M. & Baker, B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 109-116 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  14. Published

    Daily Life 3: Take a Peek!

    Jardine, L., Slater, N. & Aston, E., 2007, Bobby Baker: redeeming features of daily life. Barrett, M. & Baker, B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 200-204 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  15. Published

    Studies in Hysteria: Actress and Courtesan, Sarah Bernhardt and Mrs Patrick Campbell

    Aston, E., 2007, The Cambridge companion to the actress. Gale, M. B. & Stokes, J. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 253-271 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  16. Published

    The 'New Woman' at Manchester's Gaiety Theatre

    Aston, E., 1992, The New Woman and Her Sisters: Feminism and Theatre, 1850-1914. Gardner, V. & Rutherford, S. (eds.). Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf, p. 205-220 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  17. Chapter
  18. Published

    "Something's missing": Feeling the structures of project neoliberal dystopia

    Aston, E., 24/10/2022, Twenty-First Century Anxieties: Dys/Utopian Spaces and Contexts in Contemporary British Theatre. Tönnies, M. & Voigts, E. (eds.). De Gruyter, p. 11-26 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  19. Published

    Introduction: On Caryl Churchill

    Aston, E. & Diamond, E., 1/01/2009, The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-17 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  20. Published

    On collaboration: Not ordinary, not safe

    Aston, E., 1/01/2009, The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill. Aston, E. & Diamond, E. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 144-162 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    Feminist performance as archive

    Aston, E., 2007, Bobby Baker: redeeming features of daily life. Barrett, M. & Baker, B. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 129-133 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  22. Published

    It's good to look at one's own shadow: a women's international festival and questions for international feminism

    Harris, G., Aston, E. & Simic, L., 2006, Feminist futures? :theatre, performance, theory . Aston, E. & Harris, G. (eds.). Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 169-189 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  23. Published

    'A licence to kill': Caryl Churchill's socialist-feminist 'Ideas of nature'.

    Aston, E., 2005, Performing nature : explorations in ecology and the arts. Giannachi, G. & Stewart, N. (eds.). Oxford: Peter Lang, 437 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  24. Published

    Jean 'Binta' Breeze.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    Jackie Kay.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  26. Published

    Jacqueline Rudet.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  27. Published

    Maya Chowhry.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  28. Published

    Vayu Naidu.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  29. Published

    Women theatre collectives.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnell, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  30. Published

    Yvonne Brewster.

    Aston, E., 2001, Companion to contemporary black British culture. Donnel, A. (ed.). London: Routledge

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  31. Published

    Staging ourselves.

    Aston, E., 2000, Representing lives : women and auto/biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan, p. 119-128 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  32. Published

    The politics of gender citation in the 'play' of Caryl Churchill.

    Aston, E., 1999, Interxtualita V Postmodernom Umeni. Zilka, T. (ed.). Nitra: University of Nitra, p. 13-26 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  33. Published

    Lear's daughters.

    Aston, E., 1998, King Lear: essays. Clarke, I. (ed.). Loughborough: Loughborough Theatre Texts, p. 48-64 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  34. Conference contribution/Paper
  35. Published

    Imagining with others: the transformative process of the Royal Court Theatre’s international department

    Aston, E. F. & O'Thomas, M., 2012, Performing Transformations – Proceedings of the 8th Annual Tangier International Conference – 2012. Denver: Collaborative Media International & International Centre for Performance Studies, p. 38-45 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  36. Journal article
  37. Published

    Structure of Class Feeling / Feeling of Class Structure: Laura Wade’s Posh and Katherine Soper’s Wish List

    Aston, E. F., 30/06/2018, In: Modern Drama. 61, 2, p. 127-148 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    ‘Enter Stage Left: “Recognition”, “Redistribution” and the A-Affect’

    Aston, E. F., 2018, In: Contemporary Theatre Review. 28, 3, p. 299-309 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Moving Women Centre Stage: Structures of Feminist-Tragic Feeling

    Aston, E. F., 27/10/2017, In: Journal of Contemporary Drama in English . 5, 2, 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Agitating for change: theatre and a feminist 'network of resistance'

    Aston, E. F., 30/03/2016, In: Theatre Research International. 41, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    But not that: Caryl Churchill’s political shape shifting at the turn of the millennium

    Aston, E., 06/2013, In: Modern Drama. 56, 2, p. 145-164 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Theory trouble: towards a manifesto for “critical” feminism

    Aston, E. F., 2013, In: Akshar Wangmay. July 2012-March2013, p. 339-358 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  43. Published

    Feeling the loss of feminism: Sarah Kane's Blasted and an experiential genealogy of contemporary women's playwriting

    Aston, E., 12/2010, In: Theatre Journal. 62, 4, p. 575-592 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Swimming in Histories of Gender Oppression: Grupo XIX de Teatro's Hysteria

    Aston, E., 02/2010, In: New Theatre Quarterly. 26, 101, p. 38-48 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    A fair trade?: Staging female sex tourism in 'Sugar Mummies' and 'Trade'

    Aston, E., 2008, In: Contemporary Theatre Review. 18, 2, p. 180-192 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    A critical step to the side: Performing the loss of the mother

    Aston, E., 07/2007, In: Theatre Research International. 32, 2, p. 130-142 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Queer mythologies: The original stageplays of Pam Gems.

    Aston, E., 2006, In: Modern Drama. 49, 3, p. 409-410 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Making a spectacle out of herself - Bobby Baker's take a peek!

    Aston, E., 08/2004, In: European journal of womens studies. 11, 3, p. 277-294 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    The 'Bogus Woman' : Feminism and asylum theatre (Kay Adshead)

    Aston, E., 2003, In: Modern Drama. 46, 1, p. 5-21 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Feminist Performance as Archive: Bobby Baker's 'Daily Life' and Box Story.

    Aston, E., 1/12/2002, In: Performance Research. 7, 4, p. 78-85 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Finding a tradition : feminism and theatre.

    Aston, E., 2001, In: Aspekt (Slovakia). 2, p. 108-114 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Frightening : a politics of damage in the theatre of Caryl Churchill.

    Aston, E., 2001, In: Slovene Nat. Theatre. p. 19-21 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Transforming women's lives: Bobby Baker's performances of Daily Life

    Aston, E., 02/2000, In: New Theatre Quarterly. 16, 1, p. 17-25 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Geographies of oppression : the cross-border politics of (m)othering: 'The break of day' and 'A yearning'.

    Aston, E., 09/1999, In: Theatre Research International. 24, 3, p. 247-253 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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