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I was never alone or oporniki : an ethnographic play on disability in Russia / Cassandra Hartblay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hartblay, Cassandra, 1984- author.
- Series:
- Teaching culture.
- Teaching culture: ethnographies for the classroom
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Russia (Federation)--Drama.
- Russia (Federation).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- I Was Never Alone or Oporniki presents an original ethnographic stage play, based on fieldwork conducted in Russia with adults with disabilities. The core of the work is the script of the play itself, which is accompanied by a description of the script development process, from the research in the field to rehearsals for public performances. In a supporting essay, the author argues that both ethnography and theatre can be understood as designs for being together in unusual ways, and that both practices can be deepened by recognizing the vibrant social impact of interdependency animated by vulnerability, as identified by disability theorists and activists.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword: The Play’s the Thing
- About This Book: A Note from the Ethnographer
- Script
- Production History
- Cast of Characters
- Setting, Time, and Note
- Portrait I: Vera
- Portrait II: Vakas
- Portrait III: Alina
- Portrait IV: Sergei
- Portrait V: Rudak
- Portrait VI: Anya
- Photos
- Russia
- Research Process
- Scripting and Staging
- Ethnographer’s Essay
- Rituals of Vulnerability: Reflections on Method as Theory in Action
- Appendixes
- Appendix 1: Performance Ethnography Exercises
- Appendix 2: Disability Terminology
- Appendix 3: Russian and Soviet Historical References
- Appendix 4: Suggestions for Reading This Book in the Classroom
- Appendix 5: Prop and Set List
- Appendix 6: Dramaturgical Note
- Appendix 7: An Ethic of Accommodation by Terry Galloway, Donna Marie Nudd, and Carrie Sandahl
- Appendix 8: Russian Words and Pronunciation
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-8842-9
- 1-4875-8843-7
- OCLC:
- 1159902383
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