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Titolo: | Performing new lives [[electronic resource] ] : prison theatre / / edited by Jonathan Shailor ; forward by Evelyn Ploumis-Devick |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina: | 365/.668 |
Soggetto topico: | Prison theater - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | ShailorJonathan Ploumis-DevickEvelyn |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | Performing New Lives: Prison Theatre; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. "To Know My Deed": Finding Salvation through Shakespeare; 3. Rehabilitation Through the Arts at Sing Sing: Drama in the Big House; 4. 59 Places: Dance/Theatre in the Hampshire Jail; 5. Time In: Transforming Identity Inside and Out; 6. The Buckle on the Bible Belt; 7. From the Meanest Creature: Theatre as a Vehicle for Change; 8. Faith, Hope, and "Sweet Love Re-Membered": "Restoration" Theatre in Kansas Prisons; 9. Fabulous Females: Secrets,Stories, and Hope: Guarding and Guiding Girls Beyond the Barbed Wire Fence |
10. Living with Life: The Theater of Witness as a Model of Healing and Redemption11. Prison Theatre and the Promise of Reintegration; 12. Sculpting Empowerment: Theatre in a Juvenile Facility and Beyond; 13. The Keeper of the Keys; 14. Revisiting Sacred Spaces; 15. The Inmates, the Actors, the Characters, the Audience, and the Poet Are of Imagination All Compact; 16. "Their Minds Transfigured So Together": Imaginative Transformation and Transcendence in A Midsummer Night's Dream; 17. A Conversation with the Authors: Prison Theatre Artists in Dialogue; The Contributors; Subject Index | |
Author Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Performing New Lives draws together some of the most original and innovative programs in contemporary prison theatre. Leading prison theatre directors and practitioners discuss the prison theatre experience first-hand, and offer valuable insights. It is essential reading for drama therapists, theatre artists, prison educators and academics. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Performing new lives |
ISBN: | 1-283-90535-3 |
0-85700-288-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910460094003321 |
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