David Krasner

1964, A Year in African American Performance History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781032670454
• ISBN-10: 1032670452
• Artikelnr.: 70146688

Autorenporträt

David Krasner has taught acting, directing, and theatre history for nearly 50 years. He is currently Chair of Theatre at Five Towns College in Long Island, New York, where he oversees the BFA Program in Musical Theatre, Acting, and Design/Tech.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why 1964? 2. Words of Fire: Malcolm X
Fannie Lou Hamer
Martin Luther King
and the Rhetoric of African American Performance 3. Performing Manhood: Muhammad Ali and the 1964 Heavyweight Championship 4. Expectation
Melancholy
and Loss: Intellectualism in Funnyhouse of a Negro and Dutchman 5. Neorealism and Cinematic Love: Nothing but a Man
One Potato
Two Potato
and the Working Class 6. Romare Bearden
the 1964 Photomontage Projections
and the Art of "Making Strange" 7. Heat Wave: Feminism
Crossover
and Motown Music 8. Conclusion: Change Is a Long Time Coming