“d a brockett”

"Land, Power, and Poverty" explores the development of the rigid and unequal structures of rural Central American society, the challenge in recent decades to those structures by a restive peasantry, and the role in these conflicts of five governments of the region--Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, E... More

In this contemporary anthology of personal memoirs, stories, and poetry, contemporary writers explore themes of illness and trauma and the wide variety of ways in which people respond to them.ILLNESS & GRACE, TERROR & TRANSFORMATION, Heather Tosteson and Charles D. Brockett, Editors, Wising Up Press... More

FAMILIES: THE FRONTLINE OF PLURALISM Heather Tosteson and Charles D. Brockett, Editors Wising Up Press The difficulties of living up close and personal with diversity-of sensibility, race, sexual orientation, culture, class, or religion-is the subject of the stories, memoirs, and poetry in this anth... More

Plays for the Theatre, Seventh Edition, continues its rich tradition of providing insightful and absorbing plays for the contemporary stage. The goal of this edition has been to select plays that typify a wide range of cultural diversity and dramatic power, including recent plays written by an Afric... More

Extends the feminist analysis of representation to the realm of performance... More

For courses in introduction to theatre or theatre appreciation, this text acquaints students with the theatre -- its artistic and social functions, its development, and how each of the theatre arts functions as a unit. Brockett has established a reputation in the thirty years since it was first publ... More

This analysis of the confrontation between popular movements and repressive regimes in Central America, particularly in El Salvador and Guatemala, examines urban and rural groups as well as nonviolent social movements and revolutionary movements over three decades from 1960 on. It studies the impact... More