This book illustrates the black political ideas that radicalized the artistic endeavors of musicians, playwrights, and actors beginning in the 1960s. These ideas paved the way for imaginative models for social transformation through performance. Using the notion of excess its tr…
Nina Simone's quadruple consciousness -- Efua Sutherland, Ama Ata Aidoo, the state, and the stage -- The radical ambivalence of Günther Kaufmann -- The Cockettes, Sylvester, and performance as life -- Afterword : a history of impossible progress
This book illustrates the black political ideas that radicalized the artistic endeavors of musicians, playwrights, and actors beginning in the 1960s. These ideas paved the way for imaginative models for social transformation through performance. Using the notion of excess -- its…
This book illustrates the black political ideas that radicalized the artistic endeavors of musicians, playwrights, and actors beginning in the 1960s. These ideas paved the way for imaginative models for social transformation through performance. Using the notion of excess its tr…
The book focuses on the rise of the Black Arts Movement in the US, Britain and Jamaica in the 1960s & 1970s.
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. Consi…
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. Consi…
"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. Co…
Ce livre raconte l'incroyable destin d'un jeune esclave cubain, vendu à un marchand espagnol, puis engagé comme domestique par un clown anglais. Il arrive à Paris en 1886 et s'impose rapidement comme mime, danseur et comédien. Avec son compère Foottit, ils inventent la comédie c…
Ce livre raconte l'incroyable destin d'un jeune esclave cubain, vendu à un marchand espagnol, puis engagé comme domestique par un clown anglais. Il arrive à Paris en 1886 et s'impose rapidement comme mime, danseur et comédien. Avec son compère Foottit, ils inventent la comédie c…
