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Autore: | Syler Claire |
Titolo: | Chapter 2 Playing with 'race' in the new millennium |
Pubblicazione: | Taylor & Francis |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (246 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 792.0973 |
Soggetto non controllato: | Theater |
Theater And Society | |
Performing Arts | |
Persona (resp. second.): | BanksDaniel <1965-> |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting. Drawing on the notion of a 'welcome table'--a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre--the book's contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor's embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are never neutral. By bringing together a variety of artistic perspectives to discuss common goals and particular concerns related to casting, this volume features the insights and experiences of a broad range of practitioners and experts across the field. As a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, Casting a Movement seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation"-- |
Altri titoli varianti: | Casting a movement |
Titolo autorizzato: | Chapter 2 Playing with 'race' in the new millennium |
ISBN: | 0-429-94827-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910774622303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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