Theatre of good intentions :challenges and hopes for theatre and social change

• 作者: Snyder-Young, Dani,
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• 稽核項: xiii, 156 pages :illustrations ;23 cm.
• 標題: Political aspects. , Theater , Community theater Social aspects. , Social aspects. , Theater Political aspects. , Theater and society. , Community theater
• ISBN: 1137293020 , 9781137293022
• 附註: 103年科技部補助人文及社會科學研究圖書設備計畫規畫主題:藝術學:全球化與劇場跨界 Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-153) and index. Introduction: Why do we want to use theatre to make social change? -- Part I. Impacting Participants: 1. Theatre of good intentions; 2. Participatory theatre and the problem of dominant discourse; 3. Embedded in institutions, beholden to institutional forces -- Part II. Impacting Audiences: 4. Catharsis, critical distance, and change; 5. Spectatorship, community, and 'otherness'; 6. Responding to contemporary events in an era of instant gratification -- Conclusion: Real change in the real world.
• 摘要: "Much has been written about theatre's capacity to create social change. Theatre of Good Intentions: Challenges and Hopes for Theatre and Social Change, however, looks at some of the reasons why achieving such goals is hard; examining what theatre can and can't do. It critiques the limitations of theatre in the creation of social change, in order to engage in a productive discussion of theatre's strengths - and weaknesses - and theatre artists' opportunities to make change in an unjust world. This book focuses on theatre's impact on both participants and spectators, examining a wide range of contemporary applied and political theatre case studies, engaging with some of the most common forms of theatre used towards the goals of social change, including Theatre of the Oppressed, professional political theatre in performance, community-based theatre, prison theatre, and classroom drama. Theatre of Good Intentions constructs an argument advocating for artists and students to think strategically about the limitations and opportunities of theatre as a medium of social change"--
• 系統號: 005257875
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