1 option
The only way out : the racial & sexual performance of escape / Katherine Brewer Ball.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewer Ball, Katherine, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Escape in literature.
- Race in literature.
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Escape (Psychology)--United States.
- Escape (Psychology).
- African American arts.
- Performing arts--Social aspects--United States.
- Performing arts.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations.
- Other Title:
- Only way out : the racial and sexual performance of escape
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "In The Only Way Out, Katherine Brewer Ball explores the American fascination with the escape story. Brewer Ball argues that escape is a key site for exploring American conceptions of freedom and constraint. Stories of escape are never told just once but become mythic in their episodic iterations, revealing the fantasies and desires of society, the storyteller, and the listener. While white escape narratives have typically been laden with Enlightenment fantasies of redemption where freedom is available to any individual willing to seize it, Brewer Ball explores how Black and queer escape offer forms of radical possibility. Drawing on Black studies, queer theory, and performance studies, Brewer examines a range of works from nineteenth-century American literature to contemporary queer of color art and writing by contemporary American artists including Wilmer Wilson IV, Tourmaline, Tony Kushner, Junot Díaz, Glenn Ligon, Toshi Reagon, and Sharon Hayes. Throughout, escape emerges as a story not of individuality, but of collectivity and entanglement"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Escape is such a thankful word: An introduction
- The repetitions of Henry "Box" Brown
- Feeling out of this world : that's what I guess these stories are about
- The optics of escape : Patty Hearst through the mouth of Sharon Hayes
- This face is not for us : the pleasure of escape
- Coda: Less of a theater audience.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Brewer Ball, Katherine. Only way out.
- ISBN:
- 9781478059271
- 1478059273
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.