Performing Blackness: Enactments of African-American Modernism

Author:   Kimberley W Benston
Publisher:   Routledge
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9781299477162


Pages:   405
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Format:   Electronic book text
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Performing Blackness: Enactments of African-American Modernism


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Performing Blackness offers a challenging interpretation of black cultural expression since the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Exploring drama, music, poetry, sermons, and criticism, Benston offers an exciting meditation on modern black performance's role in realising African-American aspirations for autonomy and authority. Artists covered include: * John Coltrane* Ntozake Shange * Ed Bullins * Amiri Baraka * Adrienne Kennedy * Michael Harper.Performing Blackness is an exciting contribution to the ongoing debate about the vitality and importance of black culture.

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Author:   Kimberley W Benston
Publisher:   Routledge
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781299477162


ISBN 10:   129947716
Pages:   405
Publication Date:   01 January 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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