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Applied Theatre and Gender Justice is a collection of essays highlighting the value and efficacy of using applied theatre to address gender in a broad range of settings, identifying challenges, and offering concrete best practices.
Sommario
Part 1: Igniting Eco-activism 1. Decolonizing the Conversation: Sustainable Development Performances in Egypt 2. Patnaik’s Cyco Theatre in India: Grassroots Environmental and Gender Activism 3. Resisting Ecological Colonialism in the Niger Delta: Indigenous Women and the Beni Kamai Festival Theatre Part 2: Inspiring Playful Interventions 4. Picking up the Sequins: Drag Storytime Performances, Applied Theatre, and Queer Joy 5. Facilitating Gender Awareness with First Drop Theatre: Applied Theatre in Indian Workplaces 6. Yassified Shakespeare: The Case for TikTok as Applied Theatre Part 3: Affecting Responses to Violence 7. Facilitating Afecto in Resistance to Violence: Patricia Ariza’s Work with Female Victims of Colombia’s Armed Conflict 8. Moving Women from the Margins to the Center of History: After/Life and the 1967 Detroit Rebellion 9. No Seriously, Humor is Important Part 4: Reclaiming Bodily Autonomy 10. The Billboard #TrustBlackWomen: Abortion as Self-Care 11. Challenging Ableist Views of Motherhood: Mind The Gap’s Daughters of Fortune 12. The Maternal Ground on Which I Stand: Developing A Solo Performance within the Harris Matriarchy Part 5: Affirming Identity with Youth 13. Negotiating Gender (in)Justice: The Politics of Visibility in the Performing Justice Project 14. Queering Playback Theatre 15. ART Built on Trust and Solidarity: Creating Applied Theatre with Girls and Nonbinary Teens Part 6: Expanding the Definitions 16. Performing Vulnerability, Voicing Resistance: Women’s Spoken Word Poetry in Trinidad and Tobago 17. Tools for Equity and Collaboration 18. The Art of Genderbending: Fighting Hegemonic Gender Ideology with Chinese Martial Arts
Info autore
Lisa S. Brenner is a professor of theatre at Drew University, where she teaches dramaturgy, theatre history, and applied performance. Her theatre experience includes dramaturgy, devising, directing, and playwriting.
Evelyn Diaz Cruz is a professor of theatre at the University of San Diego, where she teaches playwriting, acting, theatre of diversity, and theatre and community. Her theatre experience includes playwriting, directing, and acting.
Riassunto
Applied Theatre and Gender Justice is a collection of essays highlighting the value and efficacy of using applied theatre to address gender in a broad range of settings, identifying challenges, and offering concrete best practices.
