Prison Theatre and the Politics of Hope - Power, Erin
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This book examines the role of the prison in the commissioning and delivery of theatre practice. It draws attention to discourses of publicly acceptable arts and other mechanisms of soft power which shape access to prison theatre. Each chapter utilises engaging storytelling methods based on the authors own experience as a prison theatre practitioner to illustrate theory. The book explores understandings of the value of arts in prison and discuss how, in a neoliberal society, people in prison can be conceptualised as deserving or undeserving of these practices. It examines the role of the arts…mehr

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This book examines the role of the prison in the commissioning and delivery of theatre practice. It draws attention to discourses of publicly acceptable arts and other mechanisms of soft power which shape access to prison theatre. Each chapter utilises engaging storytelling methods based on the authors own experience as a prison theatre practitioner to illustrate theory. The book explores understandings of the value of arts in prison and discuss how, in a neoliberal society, people in prison can be conceptualised as deserving or undeserving of these practices. It examines the role of the arts organisation in designing and delivering commissionable arts practice and in caring for both practitioners and participants. It also discusses the role of the university and the facilitator in delivering work that balances the often-conflicting agendas of the prison, the arts organisation and the participants alongside their own aims within a context of precarious employment. Finally, it examines the experience of participating in prison theatre, exploring incidents of care, interdependency and collective joy within the prison and assessing how, through the delivery of short-term and insecurely funded arts projects, prison theatre can produce experiences of both hope and harm.
Autorenporträt
Erin Power is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Her PhD, entitled “Performing Neoliberalism: Stories of Care, Conformity and Resistance within Contemporary Prison Theatre” was followed by a Research Fellowship at the University of Surrey, exploring women’s experiences of food in prisons. Prior to this, she worked as a prison theatre practitioner and a family practitioner in prisons. Erin’s research interests include care, gender, and arts in prisons.