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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Main Author: Aung, April Thant
Other Authors: Graham John Matthews
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1534172023-03-11T20:16:43Z Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient Aung, April Thant Graham John Matthews School of Humanities gmatthews@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature 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. Master of Arts 2021-12-01T09:11:34Z 2021-12-01T09:11:34Z 2021 Thesis-Master by Research Aung, A. T. (2021). Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153417 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153417 10.32657/10356/153417 en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Aung, April Thant
Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
description 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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title Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
title_short Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
title_full Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
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title_full_unstemmed Illness and theatre in Singapore : performance, performativity and the patient
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