Overview

She shows how the ritual side of these endeavors reinforces a sense of community identification while the aesthetic side enables local residents to transgress cultural norms, to question group habits, and to incorporate a level of craft that makes the work accessible to individuals beyond any one community. The book concludes by exploring how community-based performance transcends even national boundaries, connecting the local United States with international theater and cultural movements.

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"""Cohen-Cruz's book is a highly effective local (and global) act in itself; paralleling the culturally democratic acts it is inspired by, Local Acts will in turn inspire others."" - Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society"""

Cohen-Cruz's book is a highly effective local (and global) act in itself; paralleling the culturally democratic acts it is inspired by, Local Acts will in turn inspire others. - Lucy R. Lippard, author of The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society

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Jan Cohen-Cruz is an associate professor of drama at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she participated in the founding of the Center for Art and Public Policy. She has edited two books, Playing Boal: Theatre, Therapy, and Activism (with Mady Schutzman) and Radical Street Performance: An International Anthology.

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