Benjamin Shepard

Play, Creativity, and Social Movements

If I Can't Dance, It's Not My Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cities around the world have experienced a new theatrical model of protest, with creativity, fun, pleasure, and play as the cornerstones of this approach. This book examines the historical use and development of "play" as well as the recent ways in which it has infused protest and community building.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780415963244
• ISBN-10: 0415963249
• Artikelnr.: 23800662

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Shepard, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Human Service at the New York School of Technology/City University of New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Play as Prank: From the Yippies to the Young Lords 2. Send
in the Clowns: Play, Pleasure and Movements for Sexual Freedom 3. Play as
Community Building: From Gardens to Global Peace and Justice 4. Playing in
Topsy-Turvery Times: From Carnival to Carnage 5. The Limits of Play:
Radical Clowning vs. Tomato Picking. Conclusion: Methodological Reflections
on the Study of Play in Social Movements