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Theater of the oppressed

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Pluto, Mar 1, 2000 - Literary Criticism - 208 pages

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Recognizing that humans have a unique ability to take action in the world while simultaneously observing themselves in action, Boal believed that the human was a self-contained theatre, actor and ... Read full review

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Contents

Aristotles Coercive System of Tragedy
1
Machiavelli and the Poetics of Virtu
51
The Character as Subject or
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Copyright

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TitleTheater of the oppressed
Pluto Classics Series
AuthorAugusto Boal
Edition3, illustrated
PublisherPluto, 2000
ISBN0745316573, 9780745316574
Length208 pages
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Literary Criticism / Drama
Performing Arts / Theater / General
Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
  
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