Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible Contributor(s): Gaines, Malik (Author) |
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ISBN: 1479804304 ISBN-13: 9781479804306 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Women - Performing Arts |
Dewey: 791.089 |
LCCN: 2017003882 |
Series: Sexual Cultures |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 248 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Articulates the role black theatricality played in the radical energy of the sixties Looking broadly at performances found in music, theater, film, and everyday life-from American singer and pianist Nina Simone, Ghanaian playwrights Efua Sutherland and Ama Ata Aidoo, Afro-German actor Günther Kaufmann, to California-based performer Sylvester-Gaines explores how shared signs of racial legacy and resistance politics are articulated with regional distinction. Bringing the lens forward through contemporary art performance at the 2015 Venice Biennial, Gaines connects the idea of sixties radicality to today's interest in that history, explores the aspects of those politics that are lost in translation, and highlights the black expressive strategies that have maintained potent energy. Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left articulates the role black theatricality played in the radical energy of the sixties, following the evolution of black identity politics to reveal blackness's ability to transform contemporary social conditions. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gaines, Malik: - Malik Gaines is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies in New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a member of the performance group My Barbarian. |