Finding identity through directing. (2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Finding identity through directing. (2020)
- Main Title:
- Finding identity through directing
- Further Information:
- Note: Soseh Yekanians.
- Authors:
- Yekanians, Soseh
- Contents:
- Table of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments IV Introduction 1 Field of Study 1 Structure of the Book 6 Methodology 7 Practice-led Research 8 Tacit Knowledge 9 Autoethnography and Reflexivity 11 The Interviews 13 In Summary 14 References 15 Chapter One: Attracted to Theatre 18 Setting the Scene 18 Prologue 18 The Essence of Theatre 19 Theatre as a Social Construct *3 The Theatre and Me 26 References 31 Chapter Two: Seeking Identity 33 Searching for Self 33 Identifying Identity 33 What’s in a Home? 42 Belonging and Displacement 47 Flirting with the "Unhomely" and the "In-Between" 49 The Other 52 References 58 Chapter Three: Affinity with Armenia, a Narrative in Two Parts 62 Part I What Went Before 62 Birth of a Nation 62 The Beginnings of the Invaders 65 The Armenian Genocide 66 The Republic of Armenia Today 71 My Voyage from a Dream to Reality 72 September 2008 72 Part II The Journey Back 76 September 2014 75 A New Armenia or a New Me? 78 References 87 Chapter Four: Dating Directing 90 Deconstructing Directing 90 Background 90 Collaborative Research through the Kitchen Sink Collective 95 Turning Points in the Research 98 Moment One 98 Moment Two 100 To Be or Not to Be 102 Homing versus Belonging 104 The Director’s Journey 109 Immersion into the Practice of Directing 112 No Worries and Uncle Jack 112 Background 112 Stereotype, Defamiliarisation and Difference 115 References 128 Conclusion 131 Final Thoughts 138 Appendices 140 Appendices 1 140 1.1 Interview QuestionsTable of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments IV Introduction 1 Field of Study 1 Structure of the Book 6 Methodology 7 Practice-led Research 8 Tacit Knowledge 9 Autoethnography and Reflexivity 11 The Interviews 13 In Summary 14 References 15 Chapter One: Attracted to Theatre 18 Setting the Scene 18 Prologue 18 The Essence of Theatre 19 Theatre as a Social Construct *3 The Theatre and Me 26 References 31 Chapter Two: Seeking Identity 33 Searching for Self 33 Identifying Identity 33 What’s in a Home? 42 Belonging and Displacement 47 Flirting with the "Unhomely" and the "In-Between" 49 The Other 52 References 58 Chapter Three: Affinity with Armenia, a Narrative in Two Parts 62 Part I What Went Before 62 Birth of a Nation 62 The Beginnings of the Invaders 65 The Armenian Genocide 66 The Republic of Armenia Today 71 My Voyage from a Dream to Reality 72 September 2008 72 Part II The Journey Back 76 September 2014 75 A New Armenia or a New Me? 78 References 87 Chapter Four: Dating Directing 90 Deconstructing Directing 90 Background 90 Collaborative Research through the Kitchen Sink Collective 95 Turning Points in the Research 98 Moment One 98 Moment Two 100 To Be or Not to Be 102 Homing versus Belonging 104 The Director’s Journey 109 Immersion into the Practice of Directing 112 No Worries and Uncle Jack 112 Background 112 Stereotype, Defamiliarisation and Difference 115 References 128 Conclusion 131 Final Thoughts 138 Appendices 140 Appendices 1 140 1.1 Interview Questions from Phase 1 140 1.2 Interview Questions from Phase 2 143 1.3 Full list of theatre directors interviewed 145 … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 792.0233092
Theatrical producers and directors -- Psychology
Theater -- Production and direction -- Psychological aspects
Identity (Psychology)
Belonging (Social psychology) - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429509094
9780429508479
9780429509711
9780429056154 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367173159
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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