The healing stage : Black women, incarceration, and the art of transformation / Lisa Biggs.
| Author/creator | Biggs, Lisa author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2022] |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | x, 245 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Black performance and cultural criticism Black performance and cultural criticism. ^A756904 |
| Contents | Introduction: Race, gender, crime, performance -- "She was no Rosa Parks": a Black women's history of mass incarceration in the United States -- How to stage healing -- Bad bad bad bad bad bad woman: making theater in a Midwestern jail -- The pink dress -- Bring me my machine gun: the Medea Project in South Africa -- It has been my healing to tell the dirty truth -- Conclusion: Beyond incarceration. |
| Abstract | "Focusing on sites in the US and South Africa, Biggs follows four ensembles of currently and formerly incarcerated women and the teaching artists with whom they collaborate to investigate how performance-based arts projects both in prison and out can effect positive personal, social, and political change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index. |
| LCCN | 2022034968 |
| ISBN | 9780814214930 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0814214932 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0814258565 paperback |
| ISBN | 9780814258569 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HV8861 .B54 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |