Prison Shakespeare
For These Deep Shames and Great Indignities
Seiten
2015
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1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-45020-3 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-45020-3 (ISBN)
This book explores the development of the global phenomenon of Prison Shakespeare, from its emergence in the 1980s to the present day. It provides a succinct history of the phenomenon and its spread before going on to explore one case study the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's (Australia) Shakespeare Prison Project in detail. The book then analyses the phenomenon from a number of perspectives, and evaluates a number of claims made about the outcomes of such programs, particularly as they relate to offender health and behaviour. Unlike previous works on the topic, which are largely individual case studies, this book focuses not only on Prison Shakespeare's impact on the prisoners who directly participate, but also on prison culture and on broader social attitudes towards both prisoners and Shakespeare.
Rob Pensalfini is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Drama at the University of Queensland, Australia, and the Artistic Director of the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble. In addition to publishing extensively on Australian Aboriginal languages and on Shakespeare performance in Australia, he has directed and acted in dozens of Shakespeare productions.
List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The History of Prison Shakespeare 3. The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble's Shakespeare Prison Project 4. The Prisoner's Condition 5. The Claims of Prison Shakespeare 6. What's So Special about Shakespeare? 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.11.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Shakespeare Studies |
Zusatzinfo | X, 246 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-45020-7 / 1137450207 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-45020-3 / 9781137450203 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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