The politics of American actor training [

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Margolis, Ellen , 1959- (Author), Renaud, Lissa Tyler (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2010
Series:Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies 11
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Stanislavsky and politics : active analysis and the American legacy of Soviet oppression
  • 3. Actor training meets historical thinking
  • 4. The politics of Western pedagogy in the theatre of India
  • 5. Degrees of choice
  • 6. Training artists or consumers? Commentary on American actor training
  • 7. Changing demographics : where is diversity in theatre programs in higher education and national associations?
  • 8. The wild, wild East : report on the politics of American actor training overseas
  • 9. Beyond race and gender : reframing diversity in actor-training programs
  • 10. "They accused me of bein' a homosexual" : playing Kerry Cook in The exonerated
  • 11. Identity politics and the training of Latino actors
  • 12. Keeping it real without selling out : toward confronting and triumphing over racially-specific barriers in American acting training
  • 13. Disability and access: a manifesto for actor training
  • 14. Arrested or paralyzed? Reflections on the erotic life of an acting teacher