Prof Ashley E. Lucas (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)

Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Obscured behind concrete and razor wire, the lives of the incarcerated remain hidden from public view. Inside the walls, imprisoned people all over the world stage theatrical productions that enable them to assert their humanity and capabilities. Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration offers a uniquely international account and exploration of prison theatre. By discussing a range of performance practices tied to incarceration, this book examines the ways in which arts practitioners and imprisoned people use theatre as a means to build communities, attain professional skills, create social change, and maintain hope. Ashley Lucas's writing offers a distinctive blend of storytelling, performance analysis, travelogue, and personal experience as the child of an incarcerated father. Distinct examples of theatre performed in prisons are explored throughout the main text and also in a section of Critical Perspectives by international scholars and practitioners.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Companions
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 136mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 362g
• ISBN-13: 9781408185896
• ISBN-10: 140818589X
• Artikelnr.: 43602871

Autorenporträt

Ashley Lucas

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Heather Ann Thompson (University of Michigan, USA) Acknowledgments
Part I Prison Theatre: Strategies for a Better Life Introduction: Journeys
in Prison Theatre 1 Theatre as a Strategy for Community Building 2 Theatre
as a Strategy for Professionalization 3 Theatre as a Strategy for Social
Change 4 Theatre as a Strategy for Hope Conclusion: Glorious Beings Live
Here Part II Critical Perspectives 5 Dancing in the Wings: Does Prison
Theatre Offer a Radical Containment or a Pedagogy of Utopia? Selina Busby
(The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama , UK) 6 "The Actors Have All
the Power": Angola's Life of Jesus Christ Stephanie Gaskill (University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) 7 Citizens Theatre, Scotland, Facilitates
Changes in Life Directions through Creative Arts Mediums Neil Packham and
Elly Goodman, (Citizens Theatre, UK) 8 Bad Girls, Monsters, and Chicks in
Chains: Clean Break Theatre Company's Disruption of Representations of
Women, Crime, and Incarceration Caoimhe McAvinchey, (Queen Mary University
of London, UK) Notes Selected Bibliography on Prison Theatre Selected List
of Prison Theatre Companies and Programs Notes on Contributors Index