Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage

Bott, Kevin (EDT)/ Cohen-Cruz, Jan (EDT)

Routledge（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 220 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041150039

Full Description

Performing Emancipatory Rites of Passage illuminates an unexpected connection between traditional ritual structures and contemporary applied theatre practices.

The book's interdisciplinary case studies, by contributors from Performance Studies, Music, Anthropology, Black Studies, Education, Psychology, and Cultural Activism, reveal the enduring power of rites of passage in today's diverse, multicultural society, expanding beyond their traditional role of preserving social structures to opening spaces for all. From jazz funerals in New Orleans to reintegration projects for formerly incarcerated individuals, the chapters demonstrate how performance-based transitions continue to guide individuals and communities through profound change, even when challenging mainstream values.

This volume is essential reading for students, practitioners and scholars of performance studies and applied theater as well as anthropology, education, and religion.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

PART I. Deliberate Applications of a Rites of Passage Model

1 From Theater to Rite of Passage: Discovering an Antidote to the Degradation of Incarceration

2 The Process of Enacting a Ritual for Return

3 Becoming Diamonds and Pearls: Development of Black Identity through Fraternity and Sorority Rites of Passage

4 Celebrating Life with End-of-Life Rituals

PART II. Rites of Passage as Tool

5 Passages to Utopia

6 Story Circles as Liminal Space: Supporting Gender Diversity in Schools

7 Polyamorous Paradigm Shift as Passage

8 The Afternoon of Life

PART III. Rites of Passage as Resonance

9 DE-CRUITing as Rite of Passage

10 The New Orleans Jazz Funeral as Rite of Passage

Afterword: Emancipatory Rites of Passage and Applied Performance