Theatre and Empowerment

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.

ISBN 0521817293   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780521817295 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 580 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series editor Bradby, David (Royal Holloway, University of London), Bradby, David (Royal Holloway, University of L Format Hardback   Series title Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre Publication date 19 Aug 2004   Height (mm) 228 Library of Congress PN2049 .T39 2004   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 792.013   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 280

1		Introduction by Richard Boon and Jane Plastow		1
2		The wedding community play project : a cross-community production in Northern Ireland by Gerri Moriarty		13
3		The poor theatre of Monticchiello, Italy by Richard Andrews		33
4		'What happened to you today that reminded you that you are a black man?' : the process of exploring black masculinities in performance, Great Britain by Michael MacMillan		60
5		Wielding the cultural weapon after apartheid : Bongani Linda's victory Sonqoba Theatre Company, South Africa by Stephanie Marlin-Curiel		94
6		Dance and transformation : the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, Ethiopia by Jane Plastow		125
7		The Day of Mourning/Pilgrim Progress in Plymouth, USA : contesting processions : a report on performance, personification and empowerment by Ricardo Villanueva		155
8		South Asia's Child Rights Theatre for Development : the empowerment of children who are marginalised, disadvantaged and excluded by Michael Etherton		188
9		Theatre - a space for empowerment : celebrating Jana Sanskriti's experience in India by Sanjoy Ganguly		220

"Recommended. Theater and performance studies collections at all levels." E.C. Ramirez, formerly, St. Philip's College, CHOICE

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