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The African American Theatrical Body: Reception, Performance, and the Stage
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Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (November 28, 2011)
9781107014381 | details & prices | 329 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 1.48 lbs | List price $99.99
About: Presenting an innovative approach to performance studies and literary history, Soyica Colbert argues for the centrality of black performance traditions to African American literature, including preaching, dancing, blues and gospel, and theatre itself, showing how these performance traditions create the 'performative ground' of African American literary texts.
About: Presenting an innovative approach to performance studies and literary history, Soyica Colbert argues for the centrality of black performance traditions to African American literature, including preaching, dancing, blues and gospel, and theatre itself, showing how these performance traditions create the 'performative ground' of African American literary texts.