Research Catalog

Title

Theatre & race / Harvey Young.

Author

Young, Harvey, 1975-

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2013.

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Details

Description

viii, 80 pages; 18 cm.

Summary

"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.

Series Statement

Theatre&

Uniform Title

Theatre&.

Alternative Title

Theatre and race

Subject

• Race in the theater
• Race au théâtre
• Performing Arts
• Toneel
• Rassenverhoudingen
• Acteren

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780230390966
• 023039096X

LCCN

2012286451

OCLC

• 828486397
• SCSB-11151462

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library