Description
Product ID: | 9781137293022 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Theatre of Good Intentions |
Subtitle: | Challenges and Hopes for Theatre and Social Change |
Authors: | Author: D. Snyder-Young |
Page Count: | 156 |
Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, Theatre studies, Interdisciplinary studies, History: specific events and topics, Life sciences: general issues, Engineering: general, Theatre studies, Interdisciplinary studies, History: specific events & topics, Life sciences: general issues, Engineering: general |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Theatre of Good Intentions examines limitations of theatre in the creation of social and political change. This book looks at some of the reasons why achieving such goals is hard; examining what theatre can and can't do. It examines a range of applied and political theatre case studies, focusing on theatre's impact on participants and spectators. Much has been written about theatre''s capacity to create social change. Theatre of Good Intentions: Challenges and Hopes for Theatre and Social Change, however, looks at some of the reasons why achieving such goals is hard; examining what theatre can and can''t do. It critiques the limitations of theatre in the creation of social change, in order to engage in a productive discussion of theatre''s strengths - and weaknesses - and theatre artists'' opportunities to make change in an unjust world. This book focuses on theatre''s impact on both participants and spectators, examining a wide range of contemporary applied and political theatre case studies, engaging with some of the most common forms of theatre used towards the goals of social change, including Theatre of the Oppressed, professional political theatre in performance, community-based theatre, prison theatre, and classroom drama. Theatre of Good Intentions constructs an argument advocating for artists and students to think strategically about the limitations and opportunities of theatre as a medium of social change. |
Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-08-02 |