Problem of the Color blind [[electronic resource] ] : Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461929503321
• Autore: Catanese Brandi Wilkins
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2014
• ISBN: 1-283-73314-5; 0-472-02792-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Collana: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
• Classificazione: 791.08996 CAT
• Disciplina: 791.08996073
• Soggetti: African Americans -- Race identity; African Americans in motion pictures; African Americans in the performing arts; Colorblind casting (Performing arts); Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States; Performing arts -- Social aspects -- United States; United States -- Race relations; African Americans in the performing arts - Race identity - United States; African Americans in motion pictures - Social aspects - United States; African Americans - Social aspects; Performing arts; Motion pictures; Languages & Literatures; Literature - General; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""1/ Bad Manners: Talking about Race""; ""2/ The End of Race or the End of Blackness? August Wilson, Robert Brustein, and Color-Blind Casting""; ""3/ The Limits of Color Blindness: Interracial Sexuality, Denzel Washington, and Hollywood Film""; ""4/ Transgressing Tradition: Suzan-Lori Parks and Black Performance (as) Theory""; ""5/ Are We There Yet? Race, Redemption, and Black. White. ""; ""Notes""; ; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""