Drama trauma : specters of race and sexuality in performance, video, and art / Tim Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--20th century--History and criticism.

American drama.

Social problems in literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Performing arts.

History.

United States.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Knowledge and learning--Psychology.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Psychology.

Performing arts--United States--History--20th century.

Difference (Psychology) in literature.

Drama--Psychological aspects.

Drama.

Race in literature.

Sex in literature.

Physical Description:

xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Summary:

In this engaging cross-disciplinary study, Timothy Murray examines the artistic struggle over traumatic fantasies of race, gender, sexuality, and power. Establishing a retrospective dialogue between past and present, stage and video, "Drama Trauma" links the specters of difference that haunt Shakespeare's plays with recent political projects in performance and video. Murray provides close readings of cultural formations as diverse as Shakespearean drama, the Statue of Liberty, contemporary feminist plays, African-American performance, and feminist interventions in video, performance and installation. The texts discussed include plays by Ntozake Shange and Amiri Baraka, installations by Mary Kelly, performances by Carmelita Tropicana, as well as productions of King Lear, Othello and Romeo and Juliet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-294) and index.

ISBN:

0415157889

0415157897

OCLC:

36761580