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Methuen drama agitations: text, politics and performances
Methuen drama agitations: text, politics and performances. ^A1462868
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| Contents |
Introduction / DeRon S. Williams, Khalid Y. Long, and Martine Kei Green-Rogers -- Part 1 : Stage as a site of radical possibilities -- Sweat equity: Lynn Nottage's dramaturgy of deindustrialization / Jocelyn L. Buckner -- "Those songs were more than just": spirituals, queer reckonings, and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy / Isaiah Matthew Wooden -- Trauma, truth, and turning the lens: Black theatre artists and white theatre audiences / Loretta L. C. Brady and Suzanne Delle -- In the trenches: a conversation with Christina Anderson / interview conducted by DeRon S. Williams -- Part 2 : Performance in the making -- Re-writing the declaration: healing in theatre from a Black, queer, feminist lens / Quenna L. Barrett -- ineffable dramaturgies: experiments in Black queer and trans theatre / s. e. callendar -- Reconsidering and recasting / John "Ray" Proctor -- Reflecting on "the work" of We are the canon: AntiRacist theatre pedagogy workshops / Maya Johnson, Daphnie Sicre, and Karl O'Brian Williams -- In the trenches: a conversation with Donja R. Love / Martine Kei Green-Rogers -- Part 3 : Performance and/as protest -- (W)right of way: Black geographies and American interstates / Jenny Henderson -- Honk for justice Chicago / Jocelyn Prince and Harvey Young -- Grunt work: Serena Williams' Black sound acts as resistance / Leticia Ridley -- Black squares, white faces: cancel culture and protest in the age of digital blackface / Aviva Helena Neff -- In the trenches: a conversation with Willa J. Taylor / Khalid Y. Long. |
| Abstract |
"How are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion, activism, and solidarity to precipitate change? How have contemporary performances impacted Black cultural, social, and political struggles? What are the ways in which these acts and artists engage varied Black identities and explore shared histories? Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance explores these urgent questions to illuminate the relationship between performance, intersectionality, and activism within North America and beyond. Bridging disciplinary divides, it features contributions from scholars, artists, and activists who explore the nuances and varied forms of Black performance in the 21st century. Incorporating performance-based methodologies and queer and black feminist theories helps fill a significant critical gap in understanding the relationship between contemporary Black identity, performance, and activism. This expansive collection explores topics ranging from Black queer identity formation in Black playwriting, to antiracist pedagogy, to digital blackface, to Black women's subversive practices within contemporary popular culture. Alongside analysis of dramatic works-including Lynn Nottage's Sweat and Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy-and acts of resistance such as the Black Lives Matter's summer 2020 highway protests, the collection features a series of conversations with artists and scholars working at the nexus of rebellion and solidarity, including playwrights Christina Anderson and Donja R. Love, and Willa Taylor, Director of Education and Community Engagement at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-234) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Contemporary Black theatre and performance. London ; New York : Methuen Drama 2023 9781350252936 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022035134 |
| ISBN | 9781350252929 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1350252921 (hardcover) |
