Contact!Unload : Military Veterans, Trauma, and Research-Based Theatre Paperback / softback
Edited by George Belliveau, Graham W. Lea
Part of the Studies in Canadian Military History series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book is a call to action to 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 from deployment overseas. The play presents an arts-based therapeutic approach to dealing with trauma.
Researchers in theatre and group counselling collaborated with military veterans through a series of workshops to create and perform the work.
Based on the lives of military veterans, it depicts ways of overcoming stress injuries encountered during service.
The 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.
The play and 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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 chart
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:24/07/2020
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- ISBN:9780774862639
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages, 21 b&w photos, 1 chart
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:24/07/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780774862639
