Forum theatre for bystanders: A new model for gender violence prevention

Violence Against Women

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 990-1013

  Mitchell, Karen S ^a   Freitag, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bystander; Forum Theatre; gender violence; peer theatre; performance studies; violence prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VIOLENCE;

DRAMA; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052806995     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801211417152     Document Type: Article

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