Theater and human flourishing / edited by Harvey Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Young, Harvey, 1975- editor.

Series:

The Humanities and Human Flourishing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Philosophy.

Theater.

Well-being.

Positive psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This volume, part of the Humanities and Human Flourishing series, is an edited collection focused on the significance of theater in regard to wellbeing and human flourishing. Bridging new scholarship in psychology and positive psychology, with new perspectives in theater and performance studies, this volume features eleven prominent theater and performance studies scholars who offer original, previously unpublished examinations of the social benefits of theater and performance. This volume explores the question: Why is theater considered a "social good"? And what makes theater a valuable contribution to happiness and wellbeing?.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Series Editor's Foreword

List of Contributors

Theatrical Flourishing: An Introduction

1. Actors as Surrogate Sufferers? Toward a Model for Well-.Being in Acting Training

2. The Potential of Pain: Conflict Dramaturgy and Transformation in the Theater

3. Braver Angels: Performing Comity in a Polarized Era

4. Beyond Survival: Theater of the Oppressed, Flourishing While Fighting, and Fighting to Flourish

5. Community Musical Theater as a Human Flourishing Project

6. Teaching Theater and Detroit History for Undergraduates to Flourish

7. Changing States: The Well-.Being of English-.Language Theater in Québec

8. Refusing to Flourish: Jennifer Moon and Anat Shinar Perform Self-.Help

9. On Laughter and the Bonds of Community

10. Touching Theater: Practice, Criticism, and Aesthetics of Touch in the Flourishing Theatrical Moment

11. Theater, Performance, and Community Cultural Development for Human Thriving

12. Theatrical Flourishing: A Roundtable Discussion

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Young, Harvey Theater and Human Flourishing

ISBN:

0-19-762228-3

0-19-762229-1

9780197622308