Zero Tolerance and Other Plays: Disrupting Xenophobia, Racism and Homophobia in School

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Tara Goldstein

Zero Tolerance and Other Plays

Disrupting Xenophobia, Racism and Homophobia in School

Tara Goldstein

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Brill
01 January 2013

Education; Inclusive education & mainstreaming; Teacher training

Series: Social Fictions Series

For the first time, Zero Tolerance and two other play scripts, Lost Daughter and Ana's Shadow are available as an anthology. The plays based on the themes of racism, xenophobia and homophobia provoke reflection and discussion about the experiences of marginalized families in North America and can be used by educators who work with teachers and youth in schools as well as university instructors who are teaching courses in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Equity Studies, Immigration Studies, Sexual Diversity Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies.

By: Tara Goldstein
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 7
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9789462094505
ISBN 10: 9462094500
Series: Social Fictions Series
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 January 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tara Goldstein is a professor and playwright in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto. She is also the Founding Director of Gailey Road Productions, a theatre company that produces research-informed theatre on social and political issues that affect us all. Tara graduated from the MFA Playwriting Program at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, in November 2006. Tara's historical drama Lost Daughter won the 2005 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Contest and was produced by Gailey Road at the 2008 Toronto Fringe Festival. Harriet's House, a contemporary drama about international adoption in a same-sex family, was produced at Hart House Theatre in July 2010, and has been published as part of Tara's book Staging Harriet's House: Writing and Producing Research-Informed Theatre (Peter Lang 2012). Ana's Shadow, the sequel to Harriet's House, was recently published in Canadian Theatre Review (Issue 151, Summer 2012). Both Harriet's House and Ana's Shadow have been professional digitally recorded and will be available for downloading along with discussion guides for the plays in June 2013 at www.gaileyroad.com. In addition to her work for the stage, Tara has written seven research-based plays on the schooling of minority high school and university students, which have been used in university and high school classrooms across Canada, the United States and Australia. Tara is a member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada (PCG), was the Chair of PCG's Women Caucus from 2010-2012, and participated in the 2012 Women Playwrights International Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Tara also organized Women Writing Letters, a fundraising literary event for Gailey Road that takes place four times a year. Women Writing Letters is in its third season.