Theatre and Race by Harvey Young - 9781350514775

Name: Theatre and Race by Harvey Young - 9781350514775
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Theatre and RaceAuthor(s): Harvey Young\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350514775, 978-1350514775\nSynopsis\nTheatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on either side of the ampersand. It offers an accessible overview of how race is performed and how western theatrical practice has wrestled with the topic, question, and problem of racial difference over centuries.\n\n This study introduces critical and theoretical concepts to account for how the simple act of being attentive to the seeming otherness of another person within the expressive arts, as well as in everyday life, invites an engagement with the social history and lived experience of race.\n\n In addition, it spotlights the long history of race and racial concerns within the theatre: the xenophobic fascination of ancient Greeks and Romans, the anxiety caused by cultural and religious difference during the Elizabethan period, the.