Performing Recovery : Addiction, Vulnerability and the Ethics of Representation (Routledge Series in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Theatre and Performance)

Zontou, Zoe

Routledge（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367696863

Full Description

Performing Recovery explores how theatre and performance can reimagine addiction recovery as a creative and collaborative cultural practice.

The book draws on twenty years of research and collaboration to investigate how people in recovery use artistic expression to challenge stigma and build new forms of belonging. Through case studies such as the Addiction Recovery Arts Network, Fallen Angels Dance Theatre, Portraits of Recovery, small performance adventures, the Pink Flamingos Project, and WilL Dickie's White Sun, it reframes vulnerability as a source of creativity and connection. Combining theoretical frameworks with practical insights, the book demonstrates how socially engaged performance makes recovery visible, valued, and understood in new ways.

This book is ideal for artists, researchers, healthcare professionals, and students in performance studies, applied arts, social work, and addiction recovery programs, it will also appeal to anyone interested in creative expression, community arts, and social justice.

Contents

Acknowledgements

About Author

Contributor Biographies

Introduction: Performing Addiction Recovery Cultures

Chapter 1: Vulnerable States: On Cultures of Addiction and the Ethics of Representation

Chapter 2: Vulnerable Becomings: Recoverism and Micro Practices of Worldbuilding

Chapter 3: Fallen Angels Dance Theatre

Chapter 4: Pink Flamingos: Vulnerability, Maternal Action, and Recovery

Chapter 5: WilL Dickie and Zoe Zontou White Sun

Chapter 6: Performing Addiction Recovery Futures

Conclusion

Index