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245 10 a| Preaching the bluesh| [electronic resource] :b| black feminist performance in lynching plays /c| Maisha S. Akbar.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,c| 2020.;

300 a| ix, 137 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

490 0 a| Routledge focus;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| A blueswoman matters: black women's feminisms in anti-lynching plays -- Saving white face: examining anti-lynching plays set in white households -- Sketches from a black feminist professor's notebook: staging lynching plays at an historically black college and university (HBCU) in the South.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays examines several lynching plays to foreground black women's performances as non-normative subjects who challenge white supremacist ideology. Maisha S. Akbar re-maps the study of lynching drama by examining plays that are contingent upon race-based settings in black households versus white households. She also discusses performances of lynching plays at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the South, and reviews lynching plays closely tied to black school campuses. By focusing on current examples and impacts of lynching plays in the public sphere, this book grounds this historical form of theatre in the present day with depth and relevance. Of interest to scholars and students of both general Theatre and Performance studies, and of African American Theatre and Drama, Preaching the Blues foregrounds the importance of black feminist artists in lynching culture and interdisciplinary scholarship"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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Preaching the blues black feminist performance in lynching plays / Maisha S. Akbar.

Author/creator	Akbar, Maisha S.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Description	ix, 137 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	American drama--African American authors. --History and criticism. American drama--Women authors. --History and criticism. American drama--20th century. --History and criticism. Lynching in literature. African Americans in literature.

Series	Routledge focus
Contents	A blueswoman matters: black women's feminisms in anti-lynching plays -- Saving white face: examining anti-lynching plays set in white households -- Sketches from a black feminist professor's notebook: staging lynching plays at an historically black college and university (HBCU) in the South.
Abstract	"Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays examines several lynching plays to foreground black women's performances as non-normative subjects who challenge white supremacist ideology. Maisha S. Akbar re-maps the study of lynching drama by examining plays that are contingent upon race-based settings in black households versus white households. She also discusses performances of lynching plays at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the South, and reviews lynching plays closely tied to black school campuses. By focusing on current examples and impacts of lynching plays in the public sphere, this book grounds this historical form of theatre in the present day with depth and relevance. Of interest to scholars and students of both general Theatre and Performance studies, and of African American Theatre and Drama, Preaching the Blues foregrounds the importance of black feminist artists in lynching culture and interdisciplinary scholarship"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019029777
ISBN	9781138479616 (hbk)
ISBN	(ebk)

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