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Theatre and Prison
Caoimhe McAvinchey
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Description for Theatre and Prison
Paperback. Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation. Series: Theatre and. Num Pages: 104 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AN; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 117 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88. Series: Theatre and. 104 pages, 0. Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AN; JKVP1. Dimension: 180 x 117 x 8. Weight: 88.
Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation.
Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation.
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Theatre and
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230247932
SKU
V9780230247932
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Ref
99-2
About Caoimhe McAvinchey
CAOIMHE MCAVINCHEY is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She was a Research Associate with People's Palace Projects (PPP) and has collaborated on a number of large scale projects on the criminal justice system in Brazil and the UK including Staging Human Rights and Changing the Scene.
Reviews for Theatre and Prison
'A superb contribution to our understanding of the historical and contemporary approaches of prison theatre. A must read for those interested in the power of in the applied theatre, especially within incarcerated populations' - Philip Taylor, Director, New York University's Program in Educational Theatre