Theatre and empowerment : community drama on the world stage /

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...

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Other Authors: Boon, Richard (Editor), Plastow, Jane (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in modern theatre.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • The wedding community play project : a cross-community production in Northern Ireland / Gerri Moriarty
  • The poor theatre of Monticchiello, Italy / Richard Andrews
  • 'What happened to you today that reminded you that you are a black man?' The process of exploring black masculinities in performance, Great Britain / Michael Macmillan
  • Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid : Bongani Linda's Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa / Stepanie Marlin-Curiel
  • Dance and transformation : the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia / Jane Plastow
  • The Day of Mourning/Pilgrim Progress in Plymouth, USA. Contesting processions : a report on performance, personification and empowerment / Ricardo Villanueva
  • South Asia's Child Rights Theatre for Development : the empowerment of children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded / Michael Etherton
  • Theatre
  • a space for empowerment : celebrating Jana Sanskriti's experience in India / Sanjoy Ganguly.