Community theatre and AIDS
By: Ola Johansson
Series: Studies in international performance
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780230205154
Subjects: Theater and society; PERFORMING ARTS / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism; Community theater; Adult education; AIDS (Disease) and the arts
Description: Applying research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comparable sites in Africa.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: HIV prevention as community-based theatre; title: The performativity of community-based theatre; title: The social drama of backstage discourse and performance a deadly paradox: assessing the success/failure of community-based theatre against AIDS.