Freire and Drama - Anti-Oppression and Healing in the Arts and 'Marília', a Play

This book introduces Freire's theoretical concepts as they relate to playwriting and theatre.

About the author

Greg William Misiaszek is Associate Professor at the Institute of Education Theories, Beijing Normal University, China, and Assistant Director of Paulo Freire Institute, University of California Los Angeles, USA.Carlos Alberto Torres is Distinguished Professor of Education, UNESCO Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, and Director of the Paulo Freire Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. He is President of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Founding Director of the Paulo Freire Institutes in Sa o Paulo, Buenos Aires and at UCLA, and Past President of the Comparative International Education Society (CIES).

CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Alberta, Edmonton. Widely published in Mexico and Latin America, he is the author or editor of twelve previous works in Spanish as well as numerous articles, reviews, and papers. A forthcomingbook, with Daniel A. Morales-Gomez in English, is entitled The State, Corporatist Politics, and Educational Policy Making in Mexico (New York: Praeger, 1990).

Product details

• Authors: Rogério M Pinto, Rogério M Pinto
• Assisted by: Carlos Alberto Torres (Editor), Greg William Misiaszek (Editor), Greg William Misiaszek (Editor), Carlos Alberto Torres (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.05.2026
• EAN: 9781350474864
• ISBN: 978-1-350-47486-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Freire in Focus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; DRAMA / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Plays, Playscripts, Plays, playscripts, drama