The Self in Performance Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoe
This book is the first to examine the performance of autobiographical material as a theatrical form, a research subject, and a therapeutic method. Contextualizing personal performance within psychological and theatrical paradigms, the book identifies and
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Edited by S u sa na Pe n d z i k , Re n é e E m u na h a n d Dav i d Rea d J o h n s o n
The Self in Performance
Susana Pendzik • Renée Emunah • David Read Johnson Editors
The Self in Performance Autobiographical, Self-Revelatory, and Autoethnographic Forms of Therapeutic Theatre
Editors Susana Pendzik Drama Therapy Graduate Program Tel Hai Academic College Upper Galilee, Israel
Renée Emunah California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco, USA
David Read Johnson Institute for Developmental Transformations New Haven, Connecticut, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-54153-6 ISBN 978-1-137-53593-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-53593-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016955185 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © Roger Bamber / Alamy Stock Photo Cover design by Will Speed Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Preface
This book was born out of misunderstanding. When Susana proposed to Renée and David that we compile a book on therapeutic autobiographical, self-revelatory, ethnographic performance, there was immediate agreement. When we met to discuss our prospective project, we quickly realized we did not share the same definitions of these labels. Worse, after more debate, we lost confidence in our own views of these labels. Review of the literature convinced us even further that there was a lack of clarity about the concepts, boundaries, and practices of the self in performance. Paradoxically, this proved to us the necessity for the book: to gather a collection of work, and then to make initial efforts to map out the topography of this field. In so doing, we discovered that an entirely unique branch of drama therapy performance has been developing over the past thirty years, and that n
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