Imagining Medea: Rhodessa Jones and Theater for Incarcerated Women
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807849847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Davis, from the Foreword) . Wilkerson, Ford Foundation)Both this book and the theater project it explores make an important contribution to contemporary activist efforts to rescue imprisoned women of color from the invisibility to which they historically have been relegated. Rhodessa Jones and the incarcerated women with whom she works have created compelling art out of terror and despair. (Margaret B. Don't miss the joy of reading it. And Rena Fraden has captured the spirit of this visionary effort in an engaging, thoughtful, and inspiring text. (Angela Y
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She captures a diverse array of voices, including those of Jones and other artists, the sheriff and prison guards, and, most vividly, the women themselves. This ain't no Dreamgirls," Rhodessa Jones warns participants in the Medea Project, the theater program for incarcerated women that she founded and directs. prisons. Her expectations are grounded in reality, tempered, for example, by the fact that women are the fastest growing population in U.S. Rena Fraden chronicles the collaborative process of transforming incarcerated women's stories into productions that incorporate Greek mythology, hip-hop music,
She is author of Blueprints for a Black Federal Theater, 1935-1939. . Rena Fraden is professor of English at Pomona College in Claremont, California