Biografía del autor Beate Neumeier is Professor and Chair of English at the University of Cologne. Her research is in gender, performance, and postcolonial studies. Editor of the e-journal Gender Forum and the database GenderInn, she has published books on English Renaissance and contemporary anglophone drama, contemporary American and British-Jewish literature, and women's writing. Kay Schaffer, an Adjunct Professor in Gender Studies and Social Analysis at the University of Adelaide, is the author of ten books and numerous articles at the intersections of gender, culture, and literary studies. Her recent publications address the Stolen Generations in Australia, life narratives in human rights campaigns, and readings of contemporary Chinese women writers.