Performance activism [electronic resource] : precursors and contemporary pioneers / Dan Friedman.
2021
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Title
Performance activism [electronic resource] : precursors and contemporary pioneers / Dan Friedman.
ISBN
9783030805913 (electronic bk.)
3030805913 (electronic bk.)
3030805905
9783030805906
3030805913 (electronic bk.)
3030805905
9783030805906
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-80591-3 doi
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PN2049
Dewey Decimal Classification
792.013
Summary
This is the first book length study of performance activism. While Performance Studies recognizes the universality of human performance in daily life, what is specifically under investigation here is performance as an activity intentionally entered into as a means of engaging social issues and conflicts, that is, as an ensemble activity by which we re-construct/transform social reality. Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers provides a global overview of the growing interface of performance with education, therapy, conflict resolution, civic engagement, community development and social justice activism. It combines an historical study of the processes by which, over the course of the 20th Century, performance has been loosened from the institutional constraints of the theatre with a mosaic-like overview of the diverse work/play of contemporary performance activists around the world. Performance Activism will be of interest to theatre and cultural historians, performance practitioners and researchers, psychologists and sociologists, educators and youth workers, community organizers and political activists. Dan Friedman is the Artistic Director Emeritus of the Castillo Theatre in New York City, a lead organizer of the bi-annual Performing the World Conference, and is on the faculty of the East Side Institute.
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Palgrave studies in play, performance, learning, and development.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 (Re)Performing the World
Chapter 2 Practical Roots
Chapter 3 Intellectual Roots
Chapter 4 To Live At All We Must Perform
Chapter 5 Performance and Ideology.
Chapter 2 Practical Roots
Chapter 3 Intellectual Roots
Chapter 4 To Live At All We Must Perform
Chapter 5 Performance and Ideology.