TY - BOOK AU - Skeiker,Fadi TI - Syrian refugees, applied theater, workshop facilitation, and stories: while they were waiting SN - 9780367469528 U1 - 305.906914 SKE(CR) PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Applied theater KW - Theater and society KW - Social work with refugees N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Theory, Issues, and Stories: Context -- Jordan: Youth, Gender, and Discovering the Individual -- Germany: Organizing and Facilitating A Workshop -- The United States: Serving the Refugee, Connecting with the Community -- Conclusion: Epilogue N2 - "This book analyses and theorizes the efficacy of using applied theatre as a tool to address refugee issues of displacement, trauma, adjustment, and psychological wellbeing in addition to split community belonging. Fadi Skeiker connects refugee narratives to the themes of imagination, home, gender, and conservatism, among others. Each chapter outlines the author's applied theatre practice, as a Syrian, with and for Syrian refugees in the countries of Jordan, Germany, and the United States. This book will be of great interest to scholars, students and practitioners of applied theatre studies and refugee studies."-- ER -