Drama and Diversity: A Pluralistic Perspective for Educational Drama

by Sharon Grady

Now more than ever, there is a need to understand and respect diversity in our classroomsespecially in our drama and theatre work where it is so easy for students and teachers to act out unconscious biases. We need to reassess our own ways of viewing the world and become more acutely attuned to the complex identities of our young participants and patrons. Drama and Diversity is one of the first books to address this issue. Drama and Diversity offers a pluralistic perspective for the field of educational drama and theatre practice, demonstrating how we can respectfully work across and between differences such as race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. Filled with moments of drama practice to illustrate the ABC s of several areas of difference, each

208 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gotta love a book about diversity written by a white lady...lol.

All in all it was fine I guess! I mean obviously everything in it is very important, it just felt very dated. I had to read it for school. It was written in the 90s and I feel like when it was published it was probably a huge deal but now it's pretty elementary. But it was easily digestible and I was very happy to only have one book to read for this particular class!

[Ashley (אהבה) · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting introduction into the necessary practice of plurality in drama education. Though some of the theory and assertions are outdated, albeit 20 years after original publication.