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Overviewseven methods of killing kylie jenner combines theatre with gifs, memes and emojis to explore stereotypes of Black womanhood, white capitalist exploitation and the politics of social media activism. This Student Edition of Jasmine Lee-Jones's 2019 play features a commentary by Nadine Deller that delves into the following aspects of the play: * the notion of cultural appropriation * the idea that Blackness can be used in western culture to gain economic and cultural capital when mediated through white bodies * the 19th century figure of Saartjie Baartman, who epitomises the historic fetishization of the Black female body * the significance of colourism * Black British womxn’s theatre – with reference to the work of debbie tucker green, Chino Odimba, Jackie Kay and Winsome Pinnock * the ‘digital age’ on stage It also features a Notes section at the back of the edition, helping students to understand particular references in the play. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jasmine Lee-Jones , Nadine DellerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Methuen Drama ISBN: 9781350367005ISBN 10: 1350367001 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 18 April 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsCHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Black British womxn’s theatre Cultural appropriation and the Kardashian/Jenners Saartjie Baartman Colourism and Eurocentric beauty standards Critical reception Glitching and ‘glitch feminism’ The ‘digital age’ on stage PLAY TEXT NOTES TO THE TEXTReviewsJasmine Lee-Jones’s funny and furious play ... is a vivid exploration of Blackness, queerness and the online world ... Lee-Jones’s dialogue is quick, sharp and clever... and she is acute in her accusations, as she fastidiously unpicks the ways the world has piled up injustices against Black women ... Lee-Jones is a brilliant, dynamic writer, and this is a striking debut. * The Guardian * Lee-Jones’s writing is genuinely hilarious, especially for audiences that are both ‘extremely online’ ... These women communicate in acted-out memes and song snippets and actually say the shorthands that most people just type, because being online isn’t a vacuum-sealed subset of life, it’s a place where new languages brew and old ideas clash. * TimeOut * Author InformationJasmine Lee-Jones is a writer and performer. She was a writer-on-attachment for the 2016 Open Court Festival and was further developed as a writer through the Royal Court’s Young Court programme. Her first play, seven methods of killing kylie jenner (2019), was commissioned as part of The Andrea Project and opened at the Royal Court in July 2019. Nadine Deller is a PhD researcher undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award between the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the National Theatre. Her thesis aims to shed light on the different positions of Black women playwrights in the Black Plays Archive and consider new ways of archiving their work. She released a podcast on Black theatre history, That Black Theatre Podcast, in collaboration with the National Theatre, Central and LAHP. She writes regularly for the international film magazine, Sight & Sound. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |