Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
This research project is the first extensive study of plays depicting health and sickness in Singapore. Through a close examination of Singaporean illness plays depicting human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mental health conditions (MHCs), stroke and pain,...
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| Format: | Thesis-Master by Research |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153417 |
| Summary: | This research project is the first extensive study of plays depicting health and sickness in Singapore. Through a close examination of Singaporean illness plays depicting human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), mental health conditions (MHCs), stroke and pain, this project highlights the performative dimension of illness that is not always recognized in biomedical practice. |
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