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1964, a year in African American performance history / David Krasner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krasner, David, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
- Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
- African Americans--Social conditions--1964-1975.
- Arts and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Arts and society.
- Nineteen sixty-four, A.D.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 256 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- David Krasner has taught acting, directing, and theatre history for nearly 50 years. He is currently Chair of Theatre at Five Towns College in Long Island, New York, where he oversees the BFA Program in Musical Theatre, Acting, and Design/Tech.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Why 1964
- Words of fire : Malcolm X, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King, and the rhetoric of African American performance
- Performing manhood : Muhammad Ali and the 1964 heavyweight championship
- Expectation, melancholy, and loss : intellectualism in Funnyhouse of a Negro and Dutchman
- Neorealism and cinematic love : Nothing but a man, One potato, Two potato, and the working class
- Romare Bearden, the 1964 photomontage projections, and the art of "making strange"
- Heat wave : feminism, crossover, and Motown music
- Conclusion : Change is a long time coming.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 29, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Krasner, David, 1952- 1964, a year in African American performance history
- ISBN:
- 9781032670584
- 1032670584
- 9781040037935
- 1040037933
- 9781040037980
- 1040037984
- Publisher Number:
- 40032397636
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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