Theater and crisis : myth, memory, and racial reckoning in America, 1964-2020 / Patrice D. Rankine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rankine, Patrice D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--African American authors--History and criticism.

American drama.

African American theater--History--20th century.

African American theater.

African American theater--History--21st century.

Racial justice--United States--Drama--History and criticism.

Racial justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, Massachusetts : Lever Press, [2024]

Summary:

Racial reckoning was a recurrent theme throughout the summer of 2020, a response to George Floyd's murder and the unprecedented impact of COVID on marginalized groups. Theater and Crisis proposes a literary and theatrical study of how Floyd's killing could possibly happen in the aftermath of the Civil Rights era, and in the supposedly post-racial era following the election of Barack Obama. In the days and months following Floyd's death, there were nightly protests in streets across the United States and broader world. At the same time, theater performances were forced to shift online to video conferencing platforms and to find new ways to engage audiences. In each case, groups made shared meaning through storytelling and narrative, a liberatory process of myth-making and reverence that author Patrice D. Rankine calls "epiphanic encoding."

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291).

Description based on information from the publisher.

Has Supplement:

Supplement (work): Rankine, Patrice D. Theater and crisis 1 online resource (7 digital images)

ISBN:

9781643150604

164315060X

OCLC:

1422539904

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access