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No Safe Spaces: Re-casting Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Theater (Theater: Theory/Text/Performance)
Angela C. Pao
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Hardcover. Explores fifty years of non-traditional casting practices on the American stage and the questions of cultural identity that they have raised Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
No Safe Spaces looks at one of the most radical and enduring changes introduced during the Civil Rights era---multiracial and cross-racial casting practices in American theater. The move to cast Latino/a, African American, and Asian American actors in classic stage works by and about white Europeans and Americans is viewed as both social and political gesture and artistic innovation. Nontraditionally cast productions are shown to have participated in the national dialogue about race relations and ethnic identity and served as a source of renewed creativity for the staging of the canonical repertory. Multiracial casting is explored first through its history, ... Read more
No Safe Spaces looks at one of the most radical and enduring changes introduced during the Civil Rights era---multiracial and cross-racial casting practices in American theater. The move to cast Latino/a, African American, and Asian American actors in classic stage works by and about white Europeans and Americans is viewed as both social and political gesture and artistic innovation. Nontraditionally cast productions are shown to have participated in the national dialogue about race relations and ethnic identity and served as a source of renewed creativity for the staging of the canonical repertory. Multiracial casting is explored first through its history, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Series
Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472071210
SKU
V9780472071210
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