Troubling Violence: A Performance Project follows the collaboration between performance studies professor M. Heather Carver and ethnographic folklorist Elaine J. Lawless. The book traces the creative development of a performance troupe in which women take the stage to narrate true, harrowing experiences of domestic violence and then invite audience members to discuss the tales. Similar to the performances, the book presents real-life narratives as a means of heightening social awareness and dialogue about intimate partner violence.
-Troubling violence- refers not only to the...
Troubling Violence: A Performance Project follows the collaboration between performance studies professor M. Heather Carver and ethnographic...
Two events in 1976 had enduring effects on American culture--the debut of Saturday Night Live and the presidential election pitting Gerald Ford against Jimmy Carter. With its mix of sketch comedy and music, SNL grabbed huge ratings and several Emmys in its first season and made household names of its seven original cast members. While fighting for the Republican presidential nomination (and his political survival) President Ford allowed his press secretary, Ron Nessen, to guest-host SNL--the first politician to do so. Ford also appeared on the show, via video tape, to offer a comic...
Two events in 1976 had enduring effects on American culture--the debut of Saturday Night Live and the presidential election pitting Gerald Ford...
