Post by account_disabled on Dec 12, 2017 13:59:54 GMT
Hi,
Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) is historically rife with taboos in form and content. Contradictory notions of what can and what cannot be shown to children and youth, often couched in notions of appropriateness, are to be found in any country and culture that has a thriving TYA network (Morcillo Boletín). One of the many enigmas in TYA research is that some of its truisms (the existence of taboos, or subjects and forms kids “would not get” or are “inappropriate” and thus should be avoided) have never really been systematically researched. Sure we all know taboos in TYA exist—TYA is for children after all—but unlike children’s literature, which in many cases has accepted the discussion and presence of taboo issues, or at least made them “controversial” and thus part of a scholarly discourse, in TYA we tend to simply bypass the question. Interestingly though, in 2010 and 2011, two events, a forum on taboos in TYA in Argentina and a colloquium in Mexico, addressed the issue directly.
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Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) is historically rife with taboos in form and content. Contradictory notions of what can and what cannot be shown to children and youth, often couched in notions of appropriateness, are to be found in any country and culture that has a thriving TYA network (Morcillo Boletín). One of the many enigmas in TYA research is that some of its truisms (the existence of taboos, or subjects and forms kids “would not get” or are “inappropriate” and thus should be avoided) have never really been systematically researched. Sure we all know taboos in TYA exist—TYA is for children after all—but unlike children’s literature, which in many cases has accepted the discussion and presence of taboo issues, or at least made them “controversial” and thus part of a scholarly discourse, in TYA we tend to simply bypass the question. Interestingly though, in 2010 and 2011, two events, a forum on taboos in TYA in Argentina and a colloquium in Mexico, addressed the issue directly.
For more details:
3D Explainer Video