Refugee Performance: Practical Encounters - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841506370 ISBN 13: 9781841506371

Publisher: Intellect Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Balfour is chair of the Centre for the Arts in Development Communication at Griffith University, Australia.

Review:

"Including previously published pieces and commissioned works, this handy collection explores aspects of theater and performance 'for, by, and with refugees' in areas of war including Iraq, Burma, Palestine, Croatia, Serbia, and places of settlement in Australia, the UK, and the US. The book includes a range of material about and approaches to the subject matter and is presented 'dialogically' with various chapters clustering around specific subjects and themes. . . . A commendable resource for those wishing to learn more about the uses of performance. Recommended."
(Choice 2013-06-01)

About this edition

• Publisher: Intellect Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1841506370
• ISBN 13: 9781841506371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Balfour Michael