Black performance theory /

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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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Hauptverfasser:
DeFrantz, Thomas., Gonzalez, Anita.
Weitere Verfasser:
DeFrantz, Thomas, Gonzalez, Anita
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
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
Umfang:
1 online resource (292 p.)
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Issued also in print.
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Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780822377016
0822377012
Schlagworte:
Black people in the performing arts.
African Americans in the performing arts.
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