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"Come closer" : critical perspectives on theatre of the oppressed / edited by Toby Emert and Ellie Friedland.

Title
"Come closer" : critical perspectives on theatre of the oppressed / edited by Toby Emert and Ellie Friedland.
Publication
New York : Peter Lang, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Emert, Toby.
  • Friedland, Ellie.
Description
viii, 198 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
In Come Closer, community activists, scholars, and theatre artists describe their Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) work and how they are transforming TO for new purposes, new audiences, and new settings.
Series Statement
Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v. 416
Uniform Title
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.); v. 416.
Subject
  • Participatory theater
  • Drama in community development
  • Drama in education
  • Critical pedagogy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Putting the "pro" in protagonist : Paulo Freire's contribution to our understanding of Forum Theatre / Doug Paterson -- Theatre of the oppressor : working with privilege toward social justice / Marc Weinblatt & Cheryl Harrison -- The complex : theatre of the oppressed, trauma and the seventh shift / Brent Blair -- Integrating theatre of the oppressed into higher education : transformation or technique? / Ellie Friedland -- Dramatizing success : Boal enters the high school language arts classroom / Toby Emert -- The Boalian communication classroom : a conversation about the body, dialogue, and social transformation / Jennifer L. Freitag, Danielle Dick McGeough & Aubrey Huber with Karen S. Mitchell -- The one-line play : elaborations on image theatre / Jenny Wanasek & Mark Weinberg -- Performing truth : queer youth and the transformative power of theatre of the oppressed / S. Leigh Thompson & Alexander Santiago-Jirau -- Rehearsing for dramatic change in Kabul / Sonja Arsham Kuftinec -- Faith acts : exploring the possibilities for theatre of the oppressed and liberation theology / Richard J. Piatt -- Last-minute theatre : bringing Boal behind bars / Raphi Soifer -- Theatre of the oppressed as a martial art / Jiwon Chung -- The wounded joker / Hector Aristizábal & Diane Lefer -- Non-violent struggle as reconciliation combatants for peace : Palestinian and Israeli polarized theatre of the oppressed / Chen Alon -- Considering the future of theatre of the oppressed : an interview with Julian Boal / Toby Emert & Ellie Friedland.
ISBN
  • 9781433113703 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1433113708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781433113710 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1433113716 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011011358
OCLC
711642331
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Harvard Library