Drama, Disability and Education : a critical exploration for students and practitioners.

Drama, Disability and Education : a critical exploration for students and practitioners.

What can society learn about disability through the way it is portrayed in TV, films and plays?This insightful and accessible text explores and analyses the way disability is portrayed in drama, and how that portrayal may be interpreted by young audiences. Investigating how disabilities have been re...

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Main Author: Kempe, Andy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Drama > Study and teaching.
Children with disabilities > Education.
Drama in education.
Special education.
special education.
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Children with disabilities > Education
Drama in education
Drama > Study and teaching
Special education
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; 1Dramatic encounters with disability; 2A chronology of disabled dramatic characters; 3 'Damaging mythology': disability and stereotype; 4The dramatic symbolism of disability; 5 Performing disability; 6The body beautiful, the beautiful mind; 7Who cares?; Play script: For Ever and Ever; 8Peer perspectives; Play script: Buckethead; 9From the horse's mouth; Plays referred to and date of first performance; References; Index

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