Johnson Appropriating Blackness

Performance and the Politics of Authenticity
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8510-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 382 Seiten

A consideration of the performance of Blackness and race in general, in relation to sexuality and critiques of authenticity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, E. Patrick

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction

"Blackness" and Authenticity: What's Performance Got to Do with It? 1

1. The Pot is Brewing: Marlon Riggs's Black Is. Black Ain't 17

2. Manifest Faggotry: Queering Masculinity in African American Culture 48

3. Mother Knows Best: Blackness and Transgressive Domestic Space 76

4. "Nevah Had uh Cross Word": Mammy and the Trope of Black Womanhood 104

5. Sounds of Blackness Down Under: The Cafe of the Gate of Salvation 160

6. Performance and/as Pedagogy: Performing Blackness in the Classroom 219

Appendix A Mary Rhyne's Narrative 257

Appendix B Interview with Mrs. Smith 311

Notes 315

Bibliography 345

Index 361

Über Autor(innen)

E. Patrick Johnson is a performance artist and Assistant Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University.