Theatre, youth, and culture : a critical and historical exploration / Manon van de Water.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Water, Manon van de.

Series:

Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's theater--Historiography.

Children's theater.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

201 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances under which theatre for children and youth-birth through twenties-is generated and perceived. Offering multiple, intersecting narratives, this book explores different aspects of theatre for young audiences (TYA) using examples from theatrical events in different geographical regions. The discussion of the history, theory, and practice of TYA indicates the wide variety of hitherto under-researched topics in the growing field of professional theatre for young people. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Framing Children's Theatre: Historiography, Material Context, and Cultural Perception 9

2 Theory and Theatre for Young Audiences: Marginalization and Cultural Production 41

3 Taboos in Theatre for Young Audiences 59

4 The Representation of "Troubled Youth" in US Theatre for Young Adults: Gay and Lesbian Theatre for Young Audiences 81

5 Theatre as Therapy in Volatile Regions 101

6 Theatre for the Very Young 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230120198

0230120199

OCLC:

793573242