The Dramatic Arts and Cultural Studies

Educating against the Grain
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-8153-0931-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 800 g

Reihe: Critical Education Practice

This book presents a wide range of contemporary theories borrowed from Cultural Studies augmented with practical implications that support dramatic artists in their struggle to create possible multiple realities for a postmodern future. Teachers, directors, writers, students, and many others involved in the dramatic arts will benefit from the discussions of Cultural Studies and the connections to the Dramatic Arts. The first chapters mix theory and practice while the last chapter provides questioning strategies and conventions that can be used in actual sessions to deconstruct scripted or improvised dramatic texts. This is a useful introductory text for artists, directors, teachers, students, and others involved in the Dramatic Arts who would like to energize their work through contemporary theories and practices of Cultural Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berry, Kathleen S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface by Shirley Steinberg, Acknowledgments, Introduction by Dorothy Heathcote, 1. A Modern World in Crisis, 2. Cultural Studies through Theater, 3. Major Tenets of Cultural Studies, 4. Deconstruction of Cultural Constructions, 5. Hegemonic Resonances, 6. Acting against the Grain, Bibliography, Index, About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Kathleen S. Berry is a Professor of Education in Cultural Studies, Drama and Literacy at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. Her work is centered on educational worlds and the impact of cultural studies and criticism on theories and practices in pedagogy, drama, and multi-literacies.