Performing Arts

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Right Here, Right Now

From: At Home

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Chapter 8 features an interview with Stan Krzyzanowski. This chapter discusses artists who are inspired by the details of day-to-day life and who explore how the place where one lives can create … 9 $0.90 Add
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Oklahoma!

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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The author explores the ways in which Okahoma! is about whiteness. 10 $1.00 Add
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Appendix 4. The International Play Association’s Declaration of the Child’s Right to Play

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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The fourth appendix provides the full text of the International Play Association’s Declaration of the Child’s Right to Play. 5 $0.50 Add
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Crip Sex as Transformative Pleasure Universe

From: Crip Kinship

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Topics discussed include crip sex and sexuality, sexual liberation, historical sterilization of disabled and racialized populations, pleasure activism, and desirability. 19 $1.90 Add
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Everyone Tells My West Side Story but Me

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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The author explores the history, storyline, and issues of West Side Story, looking at issues of typecasting and racism. The author argues that Puerto Ricans are not the ones telling their West … 9 $0.90 Add
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Mapping the Territory

From: At Home

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Chapter 9 features interviews with Victoria Stanton, Sandra Rechico, Gwen MacGregor, Ellen Moffat, Kim Morgan, and Peter Dykhuis. This chapter focuses on finding home in oneself, where art … 18 $1.80 Add
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Feminism + The Economy

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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Scene 5 explores the role of feminism. Discussing unpaid labour, GDP, economic growth, and more. ; ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Trials, Law Courts, and Theatres

From: Antigone v. Creon

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Discussion of the overlap between the theatre and the courtroom in ancient Athens. 8 $0.80 Add
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South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Soft Power and Me

From: Bigotry on Broadway

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This author recounts her experiences and perceptions of Anti-Asian bigotry in theatre/Broadway. 10 $1.00 Add
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Beauty as Liberation, as Splendid Crip Future

From: Crip Kinship

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Topics discussed include crip-centric reclaiming of beauty, desire and eroticism, decolonizing beauty, and beauty as liberation. 12 $1.20 Add
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Distant Places

From: At Home

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Chapter 10 features interviews with Lorraine Field, Catherine Bodmer, and Josée Pedneault. This chapter focuses on artists who travel for the subjects of their art, but whose “home … 20 $2.00 Add
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Metaphors and Images for Justice in the Antigone

From: Antigone v. Creon

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Discussion of the play’s representation of law and legal culture through visual imagery and symbolism. 12 $1.20 Add
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Notes

From: Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract

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Notes 7 $0.70 Add
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Scene 6

The Kiss

From: What You Won’t Do For Love

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Scene 6 revisits David and Tara’s early years together. It discusses the ‘Outies’ and ‘Innies’, university, lectures, marriage, and a kiss. ; ; ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation

High Status and Low Status Characters

From: The Power Manual

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Theater as Interaction and Identity Creation, explores the first of two social spaces that at their core are about the exchange of power — theater and games. Fundamentally, to act is to … 11 $1.10 Add
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Antigone’s Personal Status under Athenian Law

From: Antigone v. Creon

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Discussion of Antigone’s capacity under Athenian law in relation to her role as an advocate and litigant. 10 $1.00 Add