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The Self in Performance

Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoethnographic Forms of Therapeutic Theatre

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Editors:
  1. Susana Pendzik

    1. Social Sciences and Humanities, Tel Hai Academic College Social Sciences and Humanities, Upper Galilee, Israel

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  2. Renée Emunah

    1. California Institute of Integral Studies , San Francisco, USA

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  3. David Read Johnson

    1. Yale University , New Haven, USA

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  • Draws on a wealth of primary research to cast new light on the little explored field of therapeutic theatre
  • Collates disparate examples of the successes and challenges of therapeutic theatre
  • Takes an interdisciplinary approach to this emerging field

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Self in Performance: Context, Definitions, Directions

    • Susana Pendzik, Renée Emunah, David Read Johnson
    Pages 1-18

  4. Applications and Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance as Individual Therapy

      • Armand Volkas
      Pages 113-127

    3. Embodied Life Stories: Transforming Shame Through Self-Revelatory Performance

      • Sheila Rubin
      Pages 129-139

    4. Restoried Script Performance

      • Pam Dunne
      Pages 141-154

    5. The Performative: Life-Changing Moments in Autobiographical Performance

      • Gideon Zehavi
      Pages 155-168

    6. Heuristic Methodology in Arts-Based Inquiry of Autobiographical Therapeutic Performance

      • Drew Bird
      Pages 169-179

    7. A Retrospective Study of Autobiographical Performance During Dramatherapy Training

      • Ditty Dokter, Alida Gersie
      Pages 181-197

    8. Personal Theatre and Pedagogy: A Dialectical Process

      • Anna Seymour
      Pages 199-211

    9. Autobiographical Therapeutic Theatre with Older People with Dementia

      • Dovrat Harel
      Pages 213-226

    10. The Unheard Stories of Those Forgotten Behind Bars in Lebanon

      • Zeina Daccache
      Pages 227-239

    11. Reflections on terrorists of the heart: A Couple’s Performance on Loss and Acceptance

      • Jules Dorey Richmond, David Richmond
      Pages 241-253
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About this book

This book is the first to examine the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method. Contextualizing personal performance within psychological and theatrical paradigms, the book identifies and explores core concepts, such as the function of the director/therapist throughout the creative process, the role of the audience, and the dramaturgy involved in constructing such performances. It thus provides insights into a range of Autobiographic Therapeutic Performance forms, including Self-Revelatory and Autoethnographic Performance. Addressing issues of identity, memory, authenticity, self-reflection, self-indulgence, and embodied self-representation, the book presents, with both breadth and depth, a look at this fascinating field, gathering contributions by notable professionals around the world. Methods and approaches are illustrated with case examples that range from clients in private practice in California, through students in drama therapy training in the UK, to inmates in Lebanese prisons. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Social Sciences and Humanities, Tel Hai Academic College Social Sciences and Humanities, Upper Galilee, Israel

    Susana Pendzik

  • California Institute of Integral Studies , San Francisco, USA

    Renée Emunah

  • Yale University , New Haven, USA

    David Read Johnson

About the editors

Susana Pendzik is Head of the Drama Therapy Graduate Program at Tel Hai Academic College, Israel, and also lectures at the Swiss Dramatherapy and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. An experienced drama therapist and supervisor in private practice, Susana does extensive international work, is a prolific author, and co-editor of Assessment in Drama Therapy (2012).

Renée Emunah is the author of the book, Acting for Real,  co-editor with David Johnson of Current Approaches to Drama Therapy (2nd edition), and author of numerous other publications on drama therapy.  Founder/Director of the graduate Drama Therapy Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies, USA, she is an international pioneer in the field, and recipient of the North American Drama Therapy Association’s highest award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Drama Therapy.”

David Read Johnson is Co-Director of the Post Traumatic Stress Center, New Haven, CT, USA; Associate Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and Director of the Institute for Developmental Transformations.  He is one of the founders of the North American Drama Therapy Association, and author or editor of numerous articles and books on drama therapy, trauma treatment, and the creative arts therapies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Self in Performance

  • Book Subtitle: Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoethnographic Forms of Therapeutic Theatre

  • Editors: Susana Pendzik, Renée Emunah, David Read Johnson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53593-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54153-6Published: 01 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71259-5Published: 06 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53593-1Published: 10 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 271

  • Topics: Theatre and Performance Studies, Psychoanalysis, Performing Arts, Ethnography, Psychotherapy, Arts

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