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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaines, Malik (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Black people > Political activity.
Black people in the performing arts.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noirs > Activite politique.
Personnes noires dans les arts du spectacle.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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