Theatre Responds to Social Trauma

Chasing the Demons

Ellen W. Kaplan

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Routledge
23 April 2024

Theatre Studies; Literary studies: plays & playwrights; Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama)

Series: Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance

This book is a collection of chapters by playwrights, directors, devisers, scholars, and educators whose praxis involves representing, theorizing, and performing social trauma.

Chapters explore how psychic catastrophes and ruptures are often embedded in social systems of oppression and forged in zones of conflict within and across national borders. Through multiple lenses and diverse approaches, the authors examine the connections between collective trauma, social identity, and personal struggle. We look at the generational transmission of trauma, socially induced pathologies, and societal re-inscriptions of trauma, from mass incarceration to war-induced psychoses, from gendered violence through racist practices. Collective trauma may shape, protect, and preserve group identity, promoting a sense of cohesion and meaning, even as it shakes individuals through pain. Engaging with communities under significant stress through artistic practice offers a path towards reconstructing the meaning(s) of social trauma, making sense of the past, understanding the present, and re-visioning the future.

The chapters combine theoretical and practical work, exploring the conceptual foundations and the artists’ processes as they interrogate the intersections of personal grief and communal mourning, through drama, poetry, and embodied performance.

Edited by: Ellen W. Kaplan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 650g
ISBN: 9781032053219
ISBN 10: 1032053216
Series: Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 23 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ellen W. Kaplan is Professor of Acting and Directing at Smith College, a Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Senior Specialist, an actress, director, and playwright.

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Theatre Responds to Social Trauma

Chasing the Demons

Ellen W. Kaplan

$273

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