Theater and crisis: myth, memory, and racial reckoning in America, 1964-2020
Racial reckoning was a recurrent theme throughout the summer of 2020, a response to George Floyd's murder and the unprecedented impact of COVID on marginalized groups. Theater and Crisis proposes a literary and theatrical study of how Floyd's killing could possibly happen in the aftermath...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[Ann Arbor, Michigan]
Lever Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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Théâtre américain - Auteurs noirs américains - Histoire et critique
B African American theater History 21st century B African American theater History 20th century B Théâtre noir américain - Histoire - 20e siècle B American drama African American authors History and criticism B Racial justice (United States) Drama History and criticism B Théâtre noir américain - Histoire - 21e siècle |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Racial reckoning was a recurrent theme throughout the summer of 2020, a response to George Floyd's murder and the unprecedented impact of COVID on marginalized groups. Theater and Crisis proposes a literary and theatrical study of how Floyd's killing could possibly happen in the aftermath of the Civil Rights era, and in the supposedly post-racial era following the election of Barack Obama. In the days and months following Floyd's death, there were nightly protests in streets across the United States and broader world. At the same time, theater performances were forced to shift online to video conferencing platforms and to find new ways to engage audiences. In each case, groups made shared meaning through storytelling and narrative, a liberatory process of myth-making and reverence that author Patrice D. Rankine calls "epiphanic encoding." |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) |
| Physical Description: | xxxiv, 291 Seiten, illustrations, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-64315-059-8 1-64315-059-6 |
