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Taming the political: the struggle over recognition in the politics of applied theatre
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Neelands, Jonothan (2007) Taming the political: the struggle over recognition in the politics of applied theatre. Research in Drama Education, Vol.12 (No.3). pp. 305-317. doi:10.1080/13569780701560388 ISSN 1356-9783.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13569780701560388
Abstract
The emerging sub-field of applied theatre encompasses a wide range of pro-social 'alternative' theatre practices, but it also refers to a discursive practice that seeks to reconcile the apparently contradictory claims of the politics of egalitarian redistribution and the politics of difference. The argument in this paper is that this emerging political position reflects a contemporary turn towards the identity politics of recognition and away from political theatre's traditional concern with the 'old left' politics of redistribution. A critique of the discourse of applied theatre, based on the political philosophy of Nancy Fraser and James Tully, leads to a consideration of the potential of a new left politics of recognition and dialogue in which the processes of participation in social and artistic struggle are seen as the practice of civic dialogic freedom.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Theater -- Political aspects -- Great Britain, Identity politics -- Great Britain, Political science -- Philosophy, Distributive justice -- Great Britain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Research in Drama Education | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1356-9783 | ||||
Official Date: | November 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.12 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 305-317 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13569780701560388 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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