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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463019003321

Autore

Kempe Andy

Titolo

Drama, disability and education : a critical exploration for students and practitioners / / Andy Kempe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-21847-5

1-283-86148-8

0-203-09649-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

372.66/044

Soggetti

Drama - Study and teaching

Children with disabilities - Education

Drama in education

Special education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; 1Dramatic encounters with disability; 2A chronology of disabled dramatic characters; 3 'Damaging mythology': disability and stereotype; 4The dramatic symbolism of disability; 5 Performing disability; 6The body beautiful, the beautiful mind; 7Who cares?; Play script: For Ever and Ever; 8Peer perspectives; Play script: Buckethead; 9From the horse's mouth; Plays referred to and date of first performance; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What can society learn about disability through the way it is portrayed in TV, films and plays?This insightful and accessible text explores and analyses the way disability is portrayed in drama, and how that portrayal may be interpreted by young audiences. Investigating how disabilities have been represented on stage in the past, this book discusses what may be inferred from plays which feature disabled characters through a variety of critical approaches.In addition to the theoretical analysis of disability in dramatic literature, the book includes two previously unpublished p