Black performance on the outskirts of the left : a history of the impossible /

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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 transgression, multipli...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gaines, Malik (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Collection:Sexual cultures.
Sujets:
Black people in the performing arts.
Black people > Political activity.
Personnes noires dans les arts du spectacle.
Personnes noires > Activité politique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Black people in the performing arts
Black people > Political activity
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Legacy of Radical Differences; 1. Nina Simone's Quadruple Consciousness; 2. Efua Sutherland, Ama Ata Aidoo, the State, and the Stage; 3. The Radical Ambivalence of Günther Kaufmann; 4. The Cockettes, Sylvester, and Performance as Life; Afterword: A History of Impossible Progress; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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