Binding: Paperback
Description: A Yale Drama Series - winning play about self - defense desire and healing in the aftermath of a college rape Seven college students gather for a DIY self - defense workshop after a sorority sister is raped. They practice using their bodies as weapons. They wrestle with their desires. They learn the limits of self - defense. This new play by writer director actor and community builder Liliana Padilla explores the intersection of sex community and what it means to heal in a violent world. Padilla shows how learning self - defense becomes a channel for these college students rage anxiety confusion trauma and desire. The play examines what one wants how to ask for it and the ways rape culture threatens one's body and sense of belonging. It is the thirteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize and the second one chosen by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.
Title: How To Defend Yourself
Author(s): Padilla Liliana
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300251593
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 9/22/2020
Series: Yale Drama Series
Category: Plays, Playscripts