Performing new lives : prison theatre / / edited by Jonathan Shailor ; forward by Evelyn Ploumis-Devick

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.668; 365.668
• Soggetto topico: Prison theater - United States
• 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.: 9910811431003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II