Description
| Product ID: | 9780367531812 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Teaching Drama With, Without and About Gender |
| Subtitle: | Resources, Ideas and Lesson Plans for Students 11–18 |
| Authors: | Author: Jo Riley |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Secondary schools, Secondary schools, Teacher training, Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, Teacher training, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This exciting new book offers practical resources and lesson plans for exploring gender in the Drama curriculum. It looks at how theatre performances throughout history have played with the concept of identity and gender and explains why drama lessons can provide a safe and considerate space for thinking about gender. This exciting new book offers practical resources and lesson plans for exploring gender in the drama curriculum. It looks at how theatre performances throughout history have played with the concept of identity and gender and explains why drama lessons can provide a safe and considerate space for thinking about gender. Drawing on theatre history, world theatre, theatre forms and theatre theory, each chapter focuses on key topics that will challenge students to play and explore gender roles as they choose. Introducing a new drama vocabulary drawn from archaeology and cartography, this book includes a wide range of materials for excavation from traditional stories, contemporary children’s literature, Greek mythology, Elizabethan and Restoration theatre, Japanese and Chinese theatre, mask, and physical theatre. Providing new insight into how existing drama units can be redefined to create a space where the exploration of gender identity is not only allowed but something exciting and joyful to focus on, this is an essential resource for all drama teachers. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-30 |
