The Theatre of Urban : : Youth and Schooling in Dangerous Times / / Kathleen Gallagher.

• VerfasserIn: Gallagher, Kathleen,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)

Because of its powerful socializing effects, the school has always been a site of cultural, political, and academic conflict. In an age where terms such as 'hard-to-teach,' and 'at-risk' beset our pedagogical discourses, where students have grown up in systems plagued by anti-immigrant, anti-welfare, 'zero-tolerance' rhetoric, how we frame and understand the dynamics of classrooms has serious ethical implications and powerful consequences.Using theatre and drama education as a special window into school life in four urban secondary schools in Toronto and New York City, The Theatre of Urban examines the ways in which these schools reflect the cultural and political shifts in big city North American schooling policies, politics, and practices of the early twenty-first century.The Theatre of Urban not only explores the very notion of performance in a novel and interesting way, it also provides new insights into the conflicts that often erupt in these highly charged school spaces.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD: BEARING WIT(H)NESS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- 1. CONTEXT -- 2. IN THE FIELD -- 3. SUBJECTIVITIES -- 4. URBAN OBSESSIONS -- 5. CONSTITUTING CULTURE AND CO-RESEARCH WITH YOUTH -- REFERENCES -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX