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Theatres of Learning Disability: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?
Matt Hargrave
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Description for Theatres of Learning Disability: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?
Hardcover. This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy. Hargrave provocatively realigns the - hitherto unvoiced - assumptions that underpin such practice and proposes that learning disabled artists have earned the right to full critical review. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: ANF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Winner of the TaPRA New Career Research in Theatre/Performance Prize 2016
This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy. Hargrave provocatively realigns the - hitherto unvoiced - assumptions that underpin such practice and proposes that learning disabled artists have earned the right to full critical review.
Winner of the TaPRA New Career Research in Theatre/Performance Prize 2016
This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre, rather than advocacy or therapy. Hargrave provocatively realigns the - hitherto unvoiced - assumptions that underpin such practice and proposes that learning disabled artists have earned the right to full critical review.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137504388
SKU
V9781137504388
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99-15
About Matt Hargrave
Matt Hargrave is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Applied Theatre at the University of Northumbria, UK. As a writer and theatre practitioner he has worked with many leading theatres and cultural providers including Northern Stage, New Writing North, Mind the Gap, National Association of Youth Theatres, The Forge Arts and Education Agency, Helix Arts, Sheffield Crucible, Dead Earnest Theatre, and ... Read more
Reviews for Theatres of Learning Disability: Good, Bad, or Plain Ugly?
“Theatres of Learning Disability is well-organized, clearly written, and carefully supported by disability theory, performance theory, and detailed evidence from chosen productions, including Hargrave’s own reactions to the work. … Theatres of Learning Disability is an important advancement in the underdeveloped field of disability and performance, effectively arguing how we can and must critically engage with disability art at the ... Read more