The Problem of the Color[blind] : Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance /
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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
[2011]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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? |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780472027927 |