Contact!Unload: Military Veterans, Trauma, and Research-Based Theatre - Rilegato

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0774862629 ISBN 13: 9780774862622

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2020

Riassunto

This book is a call to action to responsibly address the sometimes difficult transition many soldiers face when returning to civilian life. It explores the development, performance, and reception of Contact!Unload, a play that brings to life the personal stories of veterans returning home from deployment overseas.
The play showcases an arts-based therapeutic approach to dealing with trauma. To bring Contact!Unload to life, researchers in theatre and group counselling collaborated with military veterans through a series of workshops to create and perform the play. Based on the lives of military veterans, it depicts ways of overcoming stress injuries encountered during service. This action-based artistic initiative, coupled with a therapeutic program, served as a successful model for military veterans transitioning to civilian life.
This book, which includes the full script of the play, offers academic, artistic, personal, and theoretical perspectives from people directly involved in the performances of Contact!Unload as well as those who witnessed the work as audience members. Both the play and the book serve as a model for using arts-based approaches to mental health care, and as a powerful look into the experiences of military veterans.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of British Columbia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0774862629
• ISBN 13: 9780774862622
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 190
• Redattore: Belliveau George, Lea Graham W.
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile