Understanding Blackness through Performance: Contemporary Arts and the Representation of Identity

Cremieux, Anne; Lemoine, X.; Rocchi, J.

How does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-10-31

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137325075

DOI: 10.1057/9781137313805

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 282