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.

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Dr 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 (Saarbrücken: Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co., 2008).

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Book Title: Community Theatre and AIDS
Authors: Ola Johansson
Series Title: Studies in International Performance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230300439
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-20515-4Published: 19 January 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-30177-5Published: 01 January 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30043-9Published: 19 January 2011
Series ISSN: 2947-4949
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4957
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 179
Topics: Theatre History, Performing Arts, Theatre and Performance Studies

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

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

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