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Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities: Shakespeare and Social Justice

Autor Sheila T. Cavanagh Dr David Ruiter, Matthieu Chapman
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 feb 2024
How can theatre and Shakespearean performance be used with different communities to assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals?Employing an integrative approach that draws from science, actor training, therapeutical practices and current research on the senses, this study reveals the work being done by drama practitioners with a range of specialized populations, such as incarcerated people, neurodiverse individuals, those with physical or emotional disabilities, veterans, people experiencing homelessness and many others. With insights drawn from visits to numerous international programs, it argues that these endeavors succeed when they engage multiple human senses and incorporate kinesthetic learning, thereby tapping into the diverse benefits associated with artistic, movement and mindfulness practices. Neither theatre nor Shakespeare is universally beneficial, but the syncretic practices described in this book offer tools for physical, emotional and collaborative undertakings that assist personal growth and development, while advancing social justice goals. Among the practitioners and companies whose work is examined here are programs from the Shakespeare in Prison Network, the International Opera Theater, Blue Apple Theatre, Flute Theatre, DeCruit and Feast of Crispian programs for veterans, Extant Theatre and prison programs in Kolkata and Mysore, India.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350296428
ISBN-10: 1350296422
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția The Arden Shakespeare
Seria Shakespeare and Social Justice

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The study is of relevance to several communities, including scholars, teachers, therapists, and arts practitioners

Notă biografică

Sheila T. Cavanagh is Professor of English at Emory University, USA, and Director of the World Shakespeare Project, which has brought her into contact with Shakespeareans around the globe. She has published widely in early modern literature, culture, pedagogy, and applied Shakespeare.

Cuprins

AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: 'The Five [or more] Best Senses' Chapter One. 'In Mine Own Throat': The Power of Breath and VoiceChapter Two: Hearing 'the Owl Shriek': Shakespearean SoundscapesChapter Three. 'Such Branches of Learning': Shakespeare and Learning DifferencesChapter Four. 'Touch of nature': Expanding Shakespearean Sensory PalatesChapter Five: 'Weight of pain': Trauma-informed Shakespeare for Veterans Chapter Six: 'The rich advantage of good exercise': Physicality, Art and Mindfulness In Prison ShakespeareChapter Seven: 'The Open Ear of Youth': Shakespeare through Physical and Expressive ArtsNotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Sheila Cavanagh's book deftly collaborates and extends across borders: intellectual, disciplinary, sensory, institutional and geographic. Her scope is radically inclusive, and the specialized communities she discusses range widely in character and situation. What I admire about this research is its urgent social commitment, its clear-eyed view of cultural capital, and its creative and respectful partnership with theatre makers of all kinds. Cavanagh has an eye for the compelling anecdote or quotation that brings a context or individual to life, and her book is always alert to the irreducible individuality of the encounters she discusses. If you are sceptical about Shakespeare in such specialized settings (I think I was before reading this), Cavanagh's work, combining analysis with joy and academic insight with personal empathy, will persuade you to think again.
Sheila Cavanaugh is a unique voice in the Shakespeare world: she not only studies Shakespeare productions in every part of the globe, but in this new book she reveals the relevance of Shakespeare to include the most disenfranchised. This is an original, haunting book.