Theatre and Empowerment
Theatre and Empowerment
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Theatre and Empowerment examines the ability of drama, theatre, dance and performance to empower communities of very different kinds, and it does so from a multi-cultural perspective. The communities involved include poverty-stricken children in Ethiopia and the Indian sub-continent, disenfranchised Native Americans in the USA and young black men in Britain, victims of violence in South Africa and Northern Ireland, and a threatened agricultural town in Italy. The book asserts the value of performance as a vital agent of necessary social change, and makes its arguments through the close examination, from 'inside' practice, of the success - not always complete - of specific projects in their practical and cultural contexts. Practitioners and commentators ask how performance in its widest sense can play a part in community activism on a scale larger than the individual, 'one-off' project by helping communities find their own liberating and creative voices.
- A multicultural and international study, covering Europe, Africa and India
- Contributions from scholars as well as playwrights and practitioners of community drama
- A cross-disciplinary approach combining drama with cultural studies and anthropology
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July 2006Adobe eBook Reader
9780511207402
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Richard Boon and Jane Plastow
- 1. The Wedding community play project: a cross-community production in Northern Ireland Gerri Moriarty
- 2. Il Teatro Povero di Monticchiello, Italy Richard Andrews
- 4. 'What happened to you today that reminded you that you were a black man?': the process of exploring black British masculinities in performance Michael Macmillan
- 5. Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid: Bongani Linda's Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa Stephanie Marlin-Curiel
- 6. Dance and transformation: the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia Jane Plastow
- 7. The day of mourning/Pilgrim Progress in Plymouth, USA: contesting processions: a report on performance, personification and empowerment Ricardo Villanueva
- 8. South Asia's Child Rights Theatre for Development: the empowerment of children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded Michael Etherton
- 9. Theatre - a space for empowerment: celebrating Jana Sanskriti's experience in India Sanjoy Ganguly.
