Culture and the Creative Drama Teacher.

Courtney, Richard

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Publication Date: 1989

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Culture and the Creative Drama Teacher.

Courtney, Richard

Youth Theatre Journal, v3 n4 p18-23 Spr 1989

Discusses the effect of culture on creative drama. Provides an overview of the following features of creative drama in cultures previously examined: identification, mediation, transformation, empathy, metaphor and symbol, structures and dynamics, roles, communication, and audience. Summarizes emergent issues and relates them to the nature and problems of teaching drama. (MS)

Descriptors: Audiences, Case Studies, Creative Dramatics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Dramatic Play, Empathy, Ethnography, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Games, Identification, Metaphors

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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