Benjamin Shepard

Play, Creativity, and Social Movements (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The streets of cities around the world have been filled with a new theatrical model of protest, with creativity, fun, pleasure, and play as the cornerstones of this new 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136829642
• Artikelnr.: 38274672

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