Peering Behind the Curtain: Disability, Illness, and the Extraordinary Body in Contemporary Theatre

Author:   Kimball King ,  Tom Fahy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   194
Publication Date:   27 April 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Kimball King ,  Tom Fahy
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138994843


ISBN 10:   1138994847
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   27 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Part 1; Chapter 1 Between Two Worlds: The Emerging Aesthetic of the National Theater of the Deaf, Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren; Chapter 2 “Better Me Than You”: Children of a Lesser God, Deaf Education, and Paternalism, Robert C. Spirko; Chapter 3 Violence, Pain, Pleasure: Wit, Pamela Cooper; Chapter 4 Making an Art out of Suffering: Bill T. Jones's Uncle Tom, Tess Chakkalakal; Chapter 5, Ruby Cohn; Chapter 6 Depression—the Undiagnosed Disability in Marsha Norman's 'night, Mother, Sarah Reuning; Chapter 7 “Some Unheard-of Thing”: Freaks, Families, and Coming of Age in The Member of the Wedding, ThomasFahy; Chapter 8 Young Doctors Come to See the Elephant Man, JohannaShapiro; Part 2; Chapter 9 Acting without Limits: Profiles of Three Physically Disabled Performers, Lilah F. Morris; Chapter 10 Two-Act Play, Nancy Bezant; Chapter 11 An Interview with James MacDonald, Thomas Fahy; Chapter 12 Balance Is Stillness, James Macdonald;

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