Refugee performance : practical encounters / edited by Michael Balfour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balfour, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater and society.

Refugees.

Refugees in literature.

Amateur theater--Social aspects.

Amateur theater.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xxv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Intellect Books, 2013.

Summary:

Exploring theatre works created for, by, and with refugees, this hybrid collection of essays combines newly commissioned scholarly work with writing by refugees and theatre practitioners. These varied contributions illuminate performances that range from theatre in Thai refugee camps to site-specific works staged in a run-down immigrant community in the United Kingdom, from a play script set in the Balkans to performances in a rehabilitation centre in Uganda. An exciting addition to the growing field of applied theatre, Refugee Performance: Practical Encounters provides inspiring insight into the resilience and creativity of artists responding to one of the most critical issues of our time. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Iraqi Memories. A Personal and Poetic Exploration of Homecomings, Departures and Arrivals from a Theatre Director Who Fled Iraq in 1987 and Returns Home Again / Niz Jabour Jabour, Niz 01

Chapter 2 On Stitches / Michael Balfour Balfour, Michael, Nina Woodrow Woodrow, Nina 15

Chapter 3 Health Theatre in a Hmong Refugee Camp: Performance, Communication, and Culture / Dwight Conquergood Conquergood, Dwight 35

Chapter 4 Play Extract: Forged in Fire A performance text created / Okello Kelo Sam Sam, Okello Kelo, Laura Edmondson Edmondson, Laura, Robert Ajwang' Ajwang', Robert 61

Chapter 5 Narrative Theatre as an Interactive Community Approach to Mobilizing Collective Action in Northern Uganda / Yvonne Sliep Sliep, Yvonne, Kaethe Weingarten Weingarten, Kaethe, Andrew Gilbert Gilbert, Andrew 77

Chapter 6 Marketing Trauma and the Theatre of War in Northern Uganda / Laura Edmondson Edmondson, Laura 97

Chapter 7 Encounters in the Aida Refugee Camp in Palestine: Travel Notes on Attending Alrowwad Theatre's Production of Handala (2011) / Rand T. Hazou Hazou, Rand T. 129

Chapter 8 Rape as War Strategy: A Drama from Croatia / Sanja Nikcevic Nikcevic, Sanja 157

Chapter 9 Far Away, So Close: Psychosocial and Theatre Activities with Serbian Refugees / Guglielmo Schininà Schininà, Guglielmo 165

Chapter 10 Play Extract: Refugees / Zlatko Topcic Topcic, Zlatko, Davor Diklic Diklic, Davor 185

Chapter 11 'Politics Begins as Ethics': Levinasian Ethics and Australian Performance Concerning Refugees / Tom Burvill Burvill, Tom 199

Chapter 12 Refugee Performance: Encounters with Alterity / Michael Balfour Balfour, Michael 213

Chapter 13 Repeat Performance: Dancing DiDinga with the Lost Boys of Southern Sudan / Felecia Faye McMahon McMahon, Felecia Faye 229

Chapter 14 Theatre as a Healing Space: Ping Chong's Children of War / Yuko Kurahashi Kurahashi, Yuko 247

Chapter 15 Drama and Citizenship Education: Tensions of Creativity, Content and Cash / Sarah Woodland Woodland, Sarah, Rob Lachowicz Lachowicz, Rob 261

Chapter 16 Inclusive Democracy: A Consideration of Playback Theatre with Refugee and Asylum Seekers in Australia / Rea Dennis Dennis, Rea 279

Chapter 17 Hospitable Stages and Civil Listening: Being an Audience for Participatory Refugee Theatre / Alison Jeffers Jeffers, Alison 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841506370

9781841506371

OCLC:

822525920

Publisher Number:

99954692565