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Black Performance Theory
Thomas
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Description for Black Performance Theory
Paperback. Considering how blackness is imagined in and through performance, this book addresses topics including flight as a persistent theme in African American aesthetics, the circulation of minstrel tropes between Liverpool and Afro-Mexican settlements in Oaxaca, and the reach of hip-hop politics as people around the world embrace the music and dance. Editor(s): DeFrantz, Thomas; Gonzalez, Anita. Num Pages: 306 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: AN; AS; AV; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Black performance theory is a rich interdisciplinary area of study and critical method. This collection of new essays by some of its pioneering thinkers—many of whom are performers—demonstrates the breadth, depth, innovation, and critical value of black performance theory. Considering how blackness is imagined in and through performance, the contributors address topics including flight as a persistent theme in African American aesthetics, the circulation of minstrel tropes in Liverpool and in Afro-Mexican settlements in Oaxaca, and the reach of hip-hop politics as people around the world embrace the music and dance. They examine the work of contemporary choreographers Ronald K. ... Read more
Black performance theory is a rich interdisciplinary area of study and critical method. This collection of new essays by some of its pioneering thinkers—many of whom are performers—demonstrates the breadth, depth, innovation, and critical value of black performance theory. Considering how blackness is imagined in and through performance, the contributors address topics including flight as a persistent theme in African American aesthetics, the circulation of minstrel tropes in Liverpool and in Afro-Mexican settlements in Oaxaca, and the reach of hip-hop politics as people around the world embrace the music and dance. They examine the work of contemporary choreographers Ronald K. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356165
SKU
V9780822356165
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About Thomas
Thomas F. DeFrantz is Professor of African and African American Studies, Dance, and Theater Studies at Duke University. He is a dancer, a choreographer, and the author of Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture. Anita Gonzalez is Professor of Theater at the University of Michigan. She is a director, a choreographer, and the author of ... Read more
Reviews for Black Performance Theory
“With this compelling volume, DeFrantz and Gonzalez provide less a settled corpus of methodologies applied to a canon of academically sanctioned performance genres than an articulation and elaboration of black corporealities, vocalities, and ‘sensibilities’ across a heterogeneous field of performative enunciations
’high’ and pop culture, geographically dispersed and diasporic. . . . This promises to become a key work. Highly recommended. ... Read more
’high’ and pop culture, geographically dispersed and diasporic. . . . This promises to become a key work. Highly recommended. ... Read more