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Focusing mainly on case studies from Australia and the United
States of America, this book considers how people with dementia
represent themselves and are represented in 'theatre of the real'
productions and care home interventions, assessing the extent to
which the 'right kind' of dementia story is being affirmed or
challenged. It argues that this type of story - one of tragedy,
loss of personhood, biomedical deficit, and socio-economic 'crisis
- produces dementia and the people living with it, as much as
biology does. It proposes two novel ideas. One is that the 'gaze'
of theatre and performance offers a reframing of some of the
behaviours and actions of people with dementia, through which
deficit views can be changed to ones of possibility. The other is
that, conversely, dementia offers productive perspectives on
'theatre of the real'. Scanning contemporary critical studies about
and practices of 'theatre of the real' performances and applied
theatre interventions, the book probes what it means when certain
'theatre of the real' practices (specifically verbatim and
autobiographical) interact with storytellers considered,
culturally, to be 'unreliable narrators'. It also explores whether
autobiographical theatre is useful in reinforcing a sense of 'self'
for those deemed no longer to have one. With a focus on the
relationship between stories and selves, the book investigates how
selves might be rethought so that they are not contingent on the
production of lucid self-narratives, consistent language, and
truthful memories.
Focusing mainly on case studies from Australia and the United
States of America, this book considers how people with dementia
represent themselves and are represented in 'theatre of the real'
productions and care home interventions, assessing the extent to
which the 'right kind' of dementia story is being affirmed or
challenged. It argues that this type of story - one of tragedy,
loss of personhood, biomedical deficit, and socio-economic 'crisis
- produces dementia and the people living with it, as much as
biology does. It proposes two novel ideas. One is that the 'gaze'
of theatre and performance offers a reframing of some of the
behaviours and actions of people with dementia, through which
deficit views can be changed to ones of possibility. The other is
that, conversely, dementia offers productive perspectives on
'theatre of the real'. Scanning contemporary critical studies about
and practices of 'theatre of the real' performances and applied
theatre interventions, the book probes what it means when certain
'theatre of the real' practices (specifically verbatim and
autobiographical) interact with storytellers considered,
culturally, to be 'unreliable narrators'. It also explores whether
autobiographical theatre is useful in reinforcing a sense of 'self'
for those deemed no longer to have one. With a focus on the
relationship between stories and selves, the book investigates how
selves might be rethought so that they are not contingent on the
production of lucid self-narratives, consistent language, and
truthful memories.
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