Maisha S. Akbar

Preaching the Blues (eBook, PDF)

Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays examines several lynching plays to foreground black women's performances as non-normative subjects who challenge white supremacist ideology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351065139
• Artikelnr.: 57846781

Autorenporträt

Maisha S. Akbar is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Fort Valley State University, where she is founding coordinator of a Theatre and Performance Studies academic curriculum. Dr. Akbar's research interests include black feminist performance studies and psychoanalysis. More information on her work can be found at www.blackplaybook.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Blueswoman Matters: Black Women's
Feminisms in Anti-Lynching Plays 2. Saving White Face: Examining
Anti-Lynching Plays Set in White Households 3. Sketches from a Black
Feminist Professor's Notebook: Staging Lynching Plays at an Historically
Black College and University (HBCU) in the South Epilogue Index