LEADER 03193nam 2200493 450 001 9910483561703321 005 20230407135146.0 010 $a3-030-51459-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000011505506 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6371543 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-51459-4 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011505506 100 $a20210301d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlack British women's theatre $eintersectionality, archives, aesthetics /$fNicola Abram 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 264 p. 24 illus.) 311 $a3-030-51458-7 327 $a1. Introduction: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics -- 2. Theatre of Black Women -- 3. Munirah Theatre Company -- 4. Black Mime Theatre: The Women?s Troop -- 5. Zindika -- 6. SuAndi -- 8. Conclusion: In the spirit of Sankofa -- . 330 $aThis book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women?s theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals? personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice. Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women?s Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green. Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights/practitioners and their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women?s creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women?s Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past. 606 $aWomen in the theater 606 $aBlack theater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$vSources 606 $aFeminist theater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$vSources 606 $aBlack people in the theater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$vSources 615 0$aWomen in the theater. 615 0$aBlack theater$xHistory 615 0$aFeminist theater$xHistory 615 0$aBlack people in the theater$xHistory 676 $a792.082 700 $aAbram$b Nicola$0977152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483561703321 996 $aBlack British women's theatre$92226059 997 $aUNINA