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Scripting Detention : A Project in Theater and Autoethnography with Incarcerated Teens
Overview
Documenting a theater project for incarcerated youth in a New Mexico juvenile detention facility, this book presents the script of a play about prison life, and interweaves the author's creative, self-reflective text (autoethnography). The collaborative experience of writing and staging such a play enacted by prisoners frames a discussion of larger social and political themes in the criminal justice system, and of the complexities of getting juveniles to engage with variously positioned mentors.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781476669052
- ISBN-10: 1476669058
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publish Date: November 2017
- Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 236
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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