Community Theatre and AIDS [Hardcover]

Applying?research into assessments of community theatre, epidemiology, and young people's shared and private stories using a wide range of methodologies, this book explores the potential efficacy of community theatre to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania with reference to several other comparable sites in Africa.List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Community Theatre and AIDS HIV Prevention as Community-Based Theatre The Performativity of Community-Based Theatre The Social Drama of Backstage Discourse and Performance A Deadly Paradox: Assessing the Success/Failure of Community-Based Theatre Against AIDS Appendices Bibliography IndexDr OLA JOHANSSON Visiting Professor at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts where he teaches Artistic Research and Devising. He has published articles on community-based theatre as HIV prevention and performance art. His latest book is Performance and Philosophy: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Performing Arts (Saarbr?cken: Verlag Dr. M?ller Aktiengesellschaft & Co., 2008).