Theatre and prison
By: Caoimhe McAvinchey
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills Basignstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780230247932
Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; Prison theater; PERFORMING ARTS / General
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes index.