Black Performance Theory /
Black performance theory is a rich interdisciplinary area of study and critical method. This collection of new essays by some of its pioneering thinkers-many of whom are performers-demonstrates the breadth, depth, innovation, and critical value of black performance theory. Considering how blackness...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Duke University Press,
2014.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Black performance theory is a rich interdisciplinary area of study and critical method. This collection of new essays by some of its pioneering thinkers-many of whom are performers-demonstrates the breadth, depth, innovation, and critical value of black performance theory. Considering how blackness is imagined in and through performance, the contributors address topics including flight as a persistent theme in African American aesthetics, the circulation of minstrel tropes in Liverpool and in Afro-Mexican settlements in Oaxaca, and the reach of hip-hop politics as people around the world embra. |
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| Item Description: | Project Muse EBA All Single Title Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 279 pages :) illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-262) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822377016 0822377012 |
