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How to Defend Yourself

English

By (author): Liliana Padilla

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 ones body and sense of belonging.
 
It is the thirteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize and the second one chosen by Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Ayad Akhtar. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 140 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Oct 2020
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780300251593

About Liliana Padilla

Liliana Padilla makes stories about belonging healing and transformation. How to Defend Yourself premiered at the Humana Festival and Victory Gardens Theatre and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Liliana received an MFA in playwriting from UC San Diego.  

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