{"product_id":"casting-a-movement-9781138594777","title":"Casting a Movement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCasting a Movement\u003c\/em\u003e brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the notion of a welcome tablea space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatrethe book's contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, Disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor's embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"a must-read title for any theatre professional, educator or student [...] Readers will walk away inspired to interrogate their own theatrical practice, engage in conversation with other theatre makers, and seek to create theatre where all have a seat and voice at the table.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Derrick Vanmeter, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"a timely work whose significance goes beyond the discipline of theater to add to the national conversation on institutionalized racism. Read alongside recent political, social and artistic developments, including the Black Lives Matter movement, theatre closures precipitated by COVID-19 and the political upheavals of the Trump presidency, it remaps the field.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Erith Jaffe-Berg, \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of American Drama and Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eAs this volume reaches classrooms and institutions around the globe, the voices echoing through its pages will challenge theatre-makers to remember the implications that bodies of colour and other-ableness carry with them into production and to rethink the ways they welcome all communities to the table.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Collin Vorbeck, \u003cem\u003eTheatre Research International\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword: From \"I Love Your Freckles\" to \"Representation Matters\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Welcome Table: Casting for an Integrated Society\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One: Culturally Conscious Casting \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two: Approaches to Casting Middle Eastern American Theatre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three: Casting and Disability Culture \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four: Casting and Multilingual Performance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Five: Casting Contemporary Native American Theatre \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Six: Dismantling Stereotypes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Seven: Casting Across Identities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfterword\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019505074519,"sku":"9781138594777","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138594777.jpg?v=1750780467","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/casting-a-movement-9781138594777","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}