Performance activism : Precursors and contemporary pioneers 1st ed.
Author
Friedman, Dan
Additional Author(s)
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Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2021
Language
English
ISBN
9783030805913
Series
Palgrave studies in play, performance, learning, and development
Subject(s)
PERFORMING ARTS--POLITICAL ASPECTS
THEATER AND SOCIETY
Notes
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Abstract
This is the first book length study of performance activism. While Performance Studies recognizes the universality of human performance in daily life, what is specifically under investigation here is performance as an activity intentionally entered into as a means of engaging social issues and conflicts, that is, as an ensemble activity by which we re-construct/transform social reality. Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers provides a global overview of the growing interface of performance with education, therapy, conflict resolution, civic engagement, community development and social justice activism. It combines an historical study of the processes by which, over the course of the 20th Century, performance has been loosened from the institutional constraints of the theatre with a mosaic-like overview of the diverse work/play of contemporary performance activists around the world.
Performance Activism will be of interest to theatre and cultural historians, performance practitioners and researchers, psychologists and sociologists, educators and youth workers, community organizers and political activists.
