{"product_id":"privileged-spectatorship-9780810142510","title":"Privileged Spectatorship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany professional theatre artists attempt to use live performances in formal theater spaces to disrupt racism and create a more equitable society. \u003cem\u003ePrivileged Spectatorship: Theatrical Interventions in White Supremacy\u003c\/em\u003e examines the impact of such projects, looking at how and why they do and do not intervene in white supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through a rich set of case studies, \u003ci\u003ePrivileged Spectatorship\u003c\/i\u003e explores the power of American theatrical performance to interrupt the enduring strength of white supremacy. Dani Snyder-Young insightfully examines how such productions about race actively engage white spectators in ways that are at times transformative. Seeking to decolonize the white gaze, this book foregrounds the existence of white privilege and racism as it considers theatrical practices that might disrupt them. Accordingly, this is a work not only of theater criticism but also of theater activism that should appeal to theater scholars, practitioners, and spectators across the color lines.” —Harry J. Elam Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eThe Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Mainstream Theater and Privileged Spectatorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Come Closer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Making Whiteness Visible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Critical Catharsis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Rage Against the Machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Peeling Back the Veneer of Decorum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Outrage and the Boundaries of Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Decolonizing Gazes and Spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Maintaining White Racial Comfort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Building Diverse Community\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359195922775,"sku":"9780810142510","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780810142510.jpg?v=1754123947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/privileged-spectatorship-9780810142510","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}