Rashida Z Shaw McMahon

Broschiertes Buch

The Black Circuit

Race, Performance, and Spectatorship in Black Popular Theatre

Beschreibung

The Black Circuit examines Chitlin Circuit musicals, from Langston Hughes to Tyler Perry. Through historical and sociological research, Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon identifies how these popular, yet alienated, events shed new and light on the reception of black performances by black spectators and African American theatre-making.

Autor

Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon is an Assistant Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty of African American Studies at Wesleyan University. Her research uses interdisciplinary methodologies and collaborative approaches toward examining the dramatic and performance traditions of Africa and the African diaspora. Professor Shaw McMahon is originally from the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781138046740
• ISBN-10: 1138046744
• Artikelnr.: 59410245