Troubling violence : a performance project

Troubling violence : a performance project / M. Heather Carver and Elaine J. Lawless.

Troubling Violence: A Performance Project follows the collaboration between performance studies professor M. Heather Carver and ethnographic folklorist Elaine J. Lawless. The book traces the creative development of a performance troupe in which women take the stage to narrate true, harrowing experie...

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Main Author: Carver, M. Heather
Other Authors: Lawless, Elaine J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Subjects:
Abused women > United States.
Family violence > United States.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Domestic Partner Abuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
Abused women
Family violence
United States
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Summary:Troubling Violence: A Performance Project follows the collaboration between performance studies professor M. Heather Carver and ethnographic folklorist Elaine J. Lawless. The book traces the creative development of a performance troupe in which women take the stage to narrate true, harrowing experiences of domestic violence and then invite audience members to discuss the tales. Similar to the performances, the book presents real-life narratives as a means of heightening social awareness and dialogue about intimate partner violence. "Troubling violence" refers not only to the cultures
Physical Description:1 online resource (158 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-158).
ISBN:9781604733471
1604733470
1283210444
9781283210447
9786613210449
6613210447
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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