{"product_id":"contemporary-black-theatre-and-performance-9781350252912","title":"Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion, activism, and solidarity to precipitate change? How have contemporary performances impacted Black cultural, social, and political struggles? What are the ways in which these acts and artists engage varied Black identities and explore shared histories?  \u003ci\u003eContemporary Black Theatre and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e investigates these questions to illuminate the relationship between performance, identity, intersectionality, and activism in North America and beyond. It features contributions from scholars, artists, and activists from across disciplines who explore the nuances and varied forms of Black performance in the 21st century while incorporating performance-based methodologies and queer and black feminist theories.  Among the many topics addressed by contributors are antiracist pedagogy, Black queer identity formation in Black playwriting, digital blackface, and Black women''s subversive practices within contemporary p\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Preface Acknowledgments  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eDeRon S. Williams (Loyola University Chicago, USA), Khalid Y. Long (University of Georgia, USA), and Martine Kei Green-Rogers (DePaul University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART I: STAGE AS A SITE OF RADICAL POSSIBILITIES\u003c\/b\u003e  1. \u003ci\u003eSweat\u003c\/i\u003e Equity: Lynn Nottage's Radical Dialectic of Deindustrialization, \u003ci\u003eJocelyn L. Buckner (Chapman University, USA) \u003c\/i\u003e2. \"Those Songs Were More than Just\": Spirituals, Queer Reckonings and Tarell Alvin McCraney's \u003ci\u003eChoir Boy, Isaiah Matthew Wooden (Swarthmore College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Trauma, Truth, and Turning the Lens: Black Theater Artists and White Theater Audiences, \u003ci\u003eSuzanne Delle, (York College of Pennsylvania, USA), and Loretta Brady (Saint Anselm College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e In The Trenches: A Conversation with Christina Anderson, \u003ci\u003eDeRon S. Williams (Loyola University Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART II: PERFORMANCE IN THE MAKING\u003c\/b\u003e  4. \u003ci\u003eRe-Writing the Declaration\u003c\/i\u003e: Healing In Theater From A Black, Queer, Feminist Lens, \u003ci\u003eQuenna Barrett (NYU Steinhardt, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eineffable dramaturgies\u003c\/i\u003e: Experiments in Black Queer and Trans Liberation On and Off Stage\u003ci\u003e, s.e. callender (Independent Scholar\/Artist, Canada)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Reconsidering and Recasting,\u003ci\u003e Ray Proctor (Tulane University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. We are the Canon: Anti-Racist Theatre Pedagogy, \u003ci\u003eMaya Johnson (Independent Scholar and Practitioner, USA), Daphnie Sicre (Loyola Marymount University, USA), and Karl O'Brian Williams (NYU, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e In The Trenches: A Conversation with Donja R. Love, \u003ci\u003eMartine Kei Green-Rogers (DePaul University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePART III: PERFORMANCE AND\/AS PROTEST\u003c\/b\u003e  8. (W)right Of Way: Black Geographies and American Interstates, \u003ci\u003eJenny Henderson (Tufts University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Honk for Justice, \u003ci\u003eJocelyn Prince (Northwestern University, USA), and Harvey Young (Boston University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Serena Williams' Sonic Refusal, \u003ci\u003eLeticia Ridley (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanta Clara University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Cancel Culture, Digital Blackface, and Internalized Anti-Blackness, \u003ci\u003eAviva Helen Neff (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eColumbus College of Art and Design, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e In The Trenches: A Conversation with Willa J. Taylor, \u003ci\u003eKhalid Y. Long (University of Georgia, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738610544983,"sku":"9781350252912","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350252912.jpg?v=1720049645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contemporary-black-theatre-and-performance-9781350252912","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}