Theatre and Prison

Author : Caoimhe McAvinchey

Paperback

Published : Monday 12 September 2011

ISBN : 9780230247932

Price : €8.42

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Theatre and Prison

by Caoimhe McAvinchey

Paperback

12 Sep 2011

PERFORMING ARTS
>> Theater

€8.42

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Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation.

Theatre and Prison investigates how theatre-makers stage critical questions about the use of prison in society. Using examples from popular culture, dramatic texts and applied theatre it analyses how theatre and performance reveals economies of punishment, affects penal reform and both challenges and participates in narratives of reformation.

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