Nicola Abram: Black British Women's Theatre
Black British Women's Theatre
Buch
- Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics
- Springer International Publishing AG, 10/2020
- Einband: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9783030514587
- Bestellnummer: 10334634
- Umfang: 280 Seiten
- Nummer der Auflage: 20001
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2020
- Gewicht: 478 g
- Maße: 216 x 153 mm
- Stärke: 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 13.10.2020
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Klappentext
This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women s theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice.Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women s Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green.
Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights / practitioners and their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women s creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women s Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past.