{"product_id":"skin-acts-9780822356684","title":"Skin Acts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSkin Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Ann Stephens explores the work of four iconic twentieth-century black male performers—Bert Williams, Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte, and Bob Marley—to reveal how racial and sexual difference is both marked by and experienced in the skin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eSkin Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, Michelle Ann Stephens provides a valuable contribution to the study of race and representation by offering a thorough account of the relationship between black skin and white gaze and the production of difference in twentieth-century US popular culture.” -- Brandi T. Summers * Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSkin Acts\u003c\/i\u003e provides highly productive discourses for anyone interested in black cultural studies, performance theory, and\/or racialization.\" -- Lia T. Bascomb * Contemporary Theatre Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is well written and rich with analytic detail regarding each of the four case studies, particularly through the use of visual materials. \u003ci\u003eSkin Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable contribution to the literatures of race, psychoanalytic theory, masculinity, and performance.\" -- Devon R. Goss * Men and Masculinities *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSkin Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious and well-researched study that anyone interested in the intersections of psychoanalysis and critical race theory should read.\" -- Rocío Pichon-Rivière * e-misférica *\u003cbr\u003e\"By pushing the reader to think about how multiple sites of self-definition and societal gaze create the racial, bodily landscape of the black masculine performer, Stephens makes an important contribution to black masculinity studies and performance studies, and articulates the importance for the field of skin studies. Stephens’s interdisciplinary project effortlessly blends performance theory, psychoanalysis, and historical theories of race, corporeality, and physiognomy to produce an accessible framework for understanding black masculine performers in the twentieth century.\" -- Brandon J. Manning * Callaloo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface vii\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Fleshing Out the Act 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Seeing Faces, Hearing Signs 31\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bodylines, Borderlines, Color Lines 71\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Problem of Color 111\u003cbr\u003e 4. In the Flesh, Living Sound 153\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Defacing Race, Rethinking the Skin 191\u003cbr\u003e Notes 205\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 259\u003cbr\u003e Index 273","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406081106263,"sku":"9780822356684","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822356684.jpg?v=1730494459","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/skin-acts-9780822356684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}