Theatre & prison / Caoimhe McAvinchey.
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TextSeries: Theatre&Publication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xii, 92 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780230247932 (pbk.) :; 0230247938 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism | Imprisonment in literature | Prisons in literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 809.2'93556 Summary: This text investigates how theatre-makers stage 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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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text investigates how theatre-makers stage 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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