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Author:   Jan Cohen-Cruz (Syracuse University, USA) ,  Mady Schutzman (California Institute of the Arts, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415322942

ISBN 10:   0415322944
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Politics and Performance(s) of Identity: Twenty-five Years of Brazilian Theatre (1954-79) Section 1: Sites Political Theatre: Staging the Political: Boal and the Horizons of Theatrical Commitment Pedagogy: Critical Interventions: The Meaning of Praxis Activism: Tactical Carnival: Social Movement, Demonstrations, and Dialogical Performance Therapy: Social Healing and Liberatory Politics: A Roundtable Discussion Legislating: Performing Democracy in the Streets: Participatory Budgeting and Legislative Theatre in Brazil Section 2: Tropes Art and Everyday Life: Action in Feminist Performance Art Storytelling: Redefining the Private: From Personal Storytelling to Political Act Metaxis: Metaxis: Dancing (in) the In-Between Aesthetic Space: Aesthetics Space/Imaginative Geographies Jok(er)ing: Joker Runs Wild Witnessing: Witnessing Subjects: A Fool’s Help Section 3: Ideologies Postcolonial Theory: Re-envisioning Theatre, Activism, and Citizenship in Neocolonial Contexts Feminist Theory: Negotiating Feminist Identities and Theatre of the Oppressed RaceTheory: Unperforming ""Race"": Strategies for Re-Imagining Identity Notes on Contributors Index"

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'[An] engaging collection of essays ... a fine contribution.' Contemporary Theatre Review

'[An] engaging collection of essays ... a fine contribution.' ? Contemporary Theatre Review

'[An] engaging collection of essays ... a fine contribution.' - Contemporary Theatre Review

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Tisch School of the Arts, New York University California Institute of the Arts

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