Playbuilding as qualitative research
Subtitle: the collective creation of dramatice representation
By: Joe Norris.
Series: Developing qualitative inquiry
Publisher: Left Coast Press; Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781598744767; 9781598744774
Subjects: Improvisation (Acting); Playwriting -- Study and teaching
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The preparation. Introduction : toward a theory of playbuilding as research; title: "A" research to performance process; title: History of mirror theatre. Scripting vignettes; title: Pressures : understanding peer pressure through sculpting and readers theatre; title: The "m" word : understanding sexuality through improvisation and personal testimony; title: Funky shirt : understanding body image through voice-overs; title: Cattle cal l: understanding body image through shadow screen; title: Great expectations: understanding students teaching through voice collage; title: The party : understanding status, power and bullying through gibberish and body language; title: Dares : understanding substance abuse through surrealistic drama; title: Are you really listening? : understanding alienation through inner dialogue; title: Who's with whom? : understanding prejudice through mime; title: "One of these things" : understanding rules and codes of behavior through song, voice collage and audience participation; title: "Whose pencil is it anyway?" : dealing with conflict through problem plays; title: Distillation : understanding qualitative research through metaphorical machines; title: The performance. Participatory dissemination : working "with" an audience.