O. Johansson

Community Theatre and AIDS

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comparable sites in Africa.

Produktdetails

• Studies in International Performance
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-20515-4
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 179
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780230205154
• ISBN-10: 0230205151
• Artikelnr.: 29935128

Autorenporträt

Dr OLA JOHANSSON Visiting Professor at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts where he teaches Artistic Research and Devising. He has published articles on community-based theatre as HIV prevention and performance art. His latest book is Performance and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Performing Arts (Saarbrücken: Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co., 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Community Theatre and AIDS HIV Prevention as Community-Based Theatre The Performativity of Community-Based Theatre The Social Drama of Backstage Discourse and Performance A Deadly Paradox: Assessing the Success/Failure of Community-Based Theatre Against AIDS Appendices Bibliography Index