The Self in Performance - Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoethnographic Forms of Therapeutic Theatre (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book is the first to examine the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method. Contextualizing personal performance within psychological and theatrical paradigms, the book identifies and explores core concepts, such as the function of the director/therapist throughout the creative process, the role of the audience, and the dramaturgy involved in constructing such performances. It thus provides insights into a range of Autobiographic Therapeutic Performance forms, including Self-Revelatory and Autoethnographic Performance. Addressing issues of identity, memory, authenticity, self-reflection, self-indulgence, and embodied self-representation, the book presents, with both breadth and depth, a look at this fascinating field, gathering contributions by notable professionals around the world. Methods and approaches are illustrated with case examples that range from clients in private practice in California, through students in drama therapy training in the UK, to inmates in Lebanese prisons.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2016
Editors:	Susana Pendzik • Renee Emunah • David Read Johnson
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	271
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-54153-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Occupational therapy > Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) Promotions
LSN:	1-137-54153-9
Barcode:	9781137541536

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