Theatre & race /

"The theatre has always been a place where conceptions of race and racism have been staged, shared and perpetuated. Harvey Young introduces key ideas about race, before tracing its relationship with theatre and performance--from Ancient Athens to the present day."--Publisher's website...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Harvey, 1975- (συγγραφέας)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2013.
Series:Theatre&
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Table of Contents:
  • Race as theatre
  • Racializing the "other" in the classical era
  • Cultural anxieties in the Elizabethan period
  • Blackface
  • Other faces
  • Colorblind and color-conscious casting
  • Conclusion: post-race theatre.