The Functions of Social Conflict

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Routledge, 1956 - 188 pages
This volume traces the modern critical and performance history of this play, one of Shakespeare's most-loved and most-performed comedies. The essay focus on such modern concerns as feminism, deconstruction, textual theory, and queer theory.
 

Contents

I Introductory
15
II Conflict and Group Boundaries
33
III Hostility and Tensions in Conflict Relationships
39
IV InGroup Conflict and Group Structure
67
V Conflict with OutGroup and Group Structure
87
VI Ideology and Conflict
111
VII ConflictThe Unifier
121
VIII Conflict Calls for Allies
139
IX Conclusion
151
References
159
Index
183
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