@inbook{10.7722/j.ctt9qdnfr.11, ISBN = {9781855661462}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt9qdnfr.11}, abstract = {The final chapter of this study has attempted to move away from the (socio-)realist interpretations ofLa casa de Bernarda Alba, promoting instead the potential for more transgressive, experimental performance. But in the manner of doing so, I have been obliged to work within a very conventional opposition of gender values. Whether it is a reflection of the social reality of early twentieth-century Spain, or an expression of the poet’s understanding of the tension between body and soul and the attendant crisis in gender identity that I suggest,La casa de Bernarda Albapresents an idealised picture of the freedoms}, author = {PAUL McDERMID}, booktitle = {Love, Desire and Identity in the Theatre of Federico García Lorca}, edition = {NED - New edition}, pages = {199--204}, publisher = {Boydell and Brewer}, title = {CONCLUSION}, year = {2007} }