LEADER 03201cam 22005418i 4500001 on1241443174 003 OCoLC 005 20210728172248.0 008 210427s2021 mau b 000 0 eng 010 2021015503 019 1241441939 020 9789004464834 020 9004464832 020 9789004464841 |q(hardback) 020 9004464840 020 |z9789004464858 |q(ebook) 035 (Sirsi) o1241443174 035 (OCoLC)1241443174 |z(OCoLC)1241441939 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 E185.615 |b.A6225 2021 082 00 305.800973 |223 100 1 Alexander, Bryant Keith, |d1963- |eauthor. |=^A697726 245 10 Still hanging : |busing performance texts to deconstruct racism / |cby Bryant Keith Alexander and Mary E. Weems. 263 2106 264 1 Leiden ;Boston : |bBrill | Sense, |c[2021] 300 pages cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Personal/public scholarship, |x2542-9671 504 Includes bibliographical references. 520 "The current socio-political climate in the United States sheds a critical, glaring light on the racism and white supremacy which has been part of the fabric of this country since the seventeenth century. Barack Obama's tenure as president resulted in a major increase in white hate groups, hate crimes, and unrelenting violence against innocent Black men and women by police. In response, people of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religions, ages and classes have taken to the streets in protest, and increased decades long efforts to organize against racism and for a more empathetic, just, democratic society. Social change about racism must begin with acknowledgement followed by open, focused, critical dialogue. Still Hanging: Using Performance Texts to Deconstruct Racism, referencing both the resilience of Black people in the face of institutionalized racism and systemic oppression, and the fact that Black people continue to be literally and metaphorically lynched in 2020, is designed to use the power of lived experience specific performance texts as frames for engaging faculty, students and others interested in beginning to deconstruct racism and construct an anti-racist way of being"-- |cProvided by publisher. 651 0 United States |xRace relations. |=^A6417 650 0 Race discrimination |zUnited States. |=^A1443 650 0 African Americans |xRace identity. |=^A5190 650 0 Performance art |zUnited States. |=^A181265 650 0 Critical pedagogy. |=^A294000 700 1 Weems, Mary E. |eauthor. |=^A537734 776 08 |iOnline version:Alexander, Bryant Keith. |tStill hanging |dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Sense, [2021] |z9789004464858 |w(DLC) 2021015504 830 0 Personal/public scholarship. |=^A1375008 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s35.00 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5634585