The problem of the color(blind) : racial transgression and the politics of black performance /

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Are we a multicultural nation, or a colorblind one?The Problem of the Color[blind]examines this vexed question in American culture by focusing on black performance in theater, film, and television. The practice of colorblind casting--choosing actors without regard to race--assumes a performing body...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Catanese, Brandi Wilkins, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Colección:Theater--theory/text/performance.
Temas:
African Americans in the performing arts.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans > Race identity.
Performing arts > Social aspects > United States.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Noirs américains dans les arts du spectacle.
Noirs américains au cinéma.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique.
Arts du spectacle > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Performing arts > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Ethnische Beziehung.
Soziale Identität.
Schwarze.
Gesellschaft.
Darstellende Kunst.
Film.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Are we a multicultural nation, or a colorblind one?The Problem of the Color[blind]examines this vexed question in American culture by focusing on black performance in theater, film, and television. The practice of colorblind casting--choosing actors without regard to race--assumes a performing body that is somehow race neutral. But where, exactly, is race neutrality located--in the eyes of the spectator, in the body of the performer, in the medium of the performance?
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780472027927
0472027921

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