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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815959903321

Autore

Berry Kathleen S

Titolo

The dramatic arts and cultural studies : educating against the grain / / Kathleen S. Berry ; with an introduction by Dorothy Heathcote

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Falmer Press, 2000

ISBN

1-135-57674-2

0-203-90675-6

1-135-57675-0

1-280-31703-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Garland reference library of social science ; ; v. 861. Critical education practice ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

371.39/9

792.071

Soggetti

Drama in education

Culture - Study and teaching

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 (p. 171-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface by Shirley Steinberg; Acknowledgments; Introduction by Dorothy Heathcote; A Modern World in Crisis; Cultural Studies through Theater; Major Tenets of Cultural Studies; Deconstruction of Cultural Constructions; Hegemonic Resonances; Acting against the Grain; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a wide range of contemporary theories borrowed from Cultural Studies augmented with practical implications that support dramatic artists in their struggle to create possible multiple realities for a postmodern future. Teachers, directors, writers, students, and many others involved in the dramatic arts will benefit from the discussions of Cultural Studies and the connections to the Dramatic Arts.  The first chapters mix theory and practice while the last chapter provides questioning strategies and conventions that can be used in actual sessions to deconstruct scripted or imp