Theater and Crisis - 9781643150598

Theater and CrisisMyth, Memory, and Racial Reckoning in America, 1964-2020\nAuthor(s): Patrice D. Rankine\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Michigan Publishing Services, United States\nImprint: Lever Press\nISBN-13: 9781643150598, 978-1643150598\nSynopsis\nRacial reckoning was a recurrent theme throughout the summer of 2020, a response to George Floyds 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 l.