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The self in performance : autobiographical, self-revelatory, and autoethnographic forms of therapeutic theatre / Susana Pendzik, Renée Emunah, David Read Johnson, editors.

Contributor(s): Pendzik, Susana [editor.] | Emunah, Renee [editor.] | Johnson, David Read [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xvi, 271 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137541536 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Arts -- Therapeutic use | Autobiography -- Therapeutic use | Theater | Drama -- Therapeutic use | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 615.8'515 Summary: This title examines the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method. Contextualising personal performance within psychological and theatrical paradigms, it identifies and explores core concepts, such as the function of the director/therapist throughout the creative process, the role of the audience, and the dramaturgy involved in constructing such performances.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title examines the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method. Contextualising personal performance within psychological and theatrical paradigms, it identifies and explores core concepts, such as the function of the director/therapist throughout the creative process, the role of the audience, and the dramaturgy involved in constructing such performances.

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