Prison theatre and the global crisis of incarceration. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ashley E. Lucas.
• Authors: Lucas, Ashley E, 1979-
• Editors: Lonergan, Patrick; Wetmore, Jr., Kevin J
• Contents: Foreword Heather Ann Thompson (University of Michigan, USA)AcknowledgmentsPart I Prison Theatre: Strategies for a Better LifeIntroduction: Journeys in Prison Theatre1 Theatre as a Strategy for Community Building2 Theatre as a Strategy for Professionalization3 Theatre as a Strategy for Social Change4 Theatre as a Strategy for HopeConclusion: Glorious Beings Live HerePart II Critical Perspectives5 Dancing in the Wings: Does Prison Theatre Offer a Radical Containment or a Pedagogy of Utopia? Selina Busby (The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK)6 'The Actors Have All the Power': Angola's Life of Jesus Christ Stephanie Gaskill (University of North Carolina, -Chapel Hill, USA)7 Citizens Theatre, Scotland, Facilitates Changes in Life Directions through Creative Arts Mediums Neil Packham and Elly Goodman, (Citizens Theatre, UK) 8 Bad Girls, Monsters, and Chicks in Chains: Clean Break Theatre Company's Disruption of Representations of Women, Crime, and Incarceration Caoimhe McAvinchey, (Queen Mary University of London, UK)NotesSelected Bibliography on Prison TheatreSelected List of Prison Theatre Companies and ProgramsNotes on ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 365.668; Prison theater
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472511706; 9781408185919
• Related ISBNs: 9781472508416; 9781408185896
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