Staging Black Feminisms

Identity, Politics, Performance
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-349-54083-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Performance Interventions

Staging Black Feminisms explores the development and principles of black British women's plays and performance since the late Twentieth century. Using contemporary performance theory to explore key themes, it offers close textual readings and production analysis of a range of plays, performance poetry and live art works by practitioners.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goddard, Lynette

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: HISTORY AND AESTHETICS Black British Women and Theatre: An Overview Black Feminist Performance Aesthetics PART II: PLAYS Winsome Pinnock's Migration Narratives Jacqueline Rudet (Re)Writing Sexual Deviancy Jackie Kay and Valerie Mason-John's Zamis, Lesbians and Queers PART III: PERFORMANCES Black Mime Theatre Women's Troops Solo Voices: Performance Art, Dance and Poetry PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Black Feminist Futures? Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

LYNETTE GODDARD is a Lecturer in the Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK