ABSTRACT
Inherent in embodied performance is a critique of normative discourses and structures that limit expressions of youth and gender. Drama was offered in the school in conjunction with art; therefore those taking drama would take it for one year, and then move to art for the second year. Diane suggested that she has a vision in her mind, but she can't really describe it. The idea was then taken up by another student, Victoria, who said: it's like the idea of a street, people all going somewhere. In another part of the clinic scene described, the characters explored resistance as represented by the tattooed female body, creating a resonance with some of the zine pages described. The relationship between the performative work of the youth at this site, as well as the zine and anti-violence site, and the implications for understanding arts, media, and critical literacies, public pedagogy, and the intersections of local and global participation in democratic citizenship.
