{"product_id":"9783030805906","title":"Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFriedman, Dan\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book length study of performance activism. While Performance Studies recognizes the universality of human performance in daily life, what is specifically under investigation here is performance as an activity intentionally entered into as a means of engaging social issues and conflicts, that is, as an ensemble activity by which we re-construct\/transform social reality.  \u003ci\u003ePerformance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePioneers\u003c\/i\u003e provides a global overview of the growing interface of performance with education, therapy, conflict resolution, civic engagement, community development and social justice activism. It combines an historical study of the processes by which, over the course of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century, performance has been loosened from the institutional constraints of the theatre with a mosaic-like overview of the diverse work\/play of contemporary performance activists around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerformance Activism\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to theatre and cultural historians, performance practitioners and researchers, psychologists and sociologists, educators and youth workers, community organizers and political activists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2021-12-04\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030805906\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-80591-3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 292\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47692024676492,"sku":"9783030805906","price":107.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030805906.jpg?v=1776688706","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783030805906","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}