The problem of the color(blind) : racial transgression and the politics of black performance

The problem of the color(blind) : racial transgression and the politics of black performance /

Are we a multicultural nation, or a colorblind one?The Problem of the Color[blind]examines this vexed question in American culture by focusing on black performance in theater, film, and television. The practice of colorblind casting--choosing actors without regard to race--assumes a performing body...

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Main Author: Catanese, Brandi Wilkins, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Series:Theater--theory/text/performance.
Subjects:
African Americans in the performing arts.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans > Race identity.
Performing arts > Social aspects > United States.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > History & Criticism.
African Americans in motion pictures
African Americans in the performing arts
African Americans > Race identity
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Performing arts > Social aspects
Race relations
Ethnische Beziehung.
Soziale Identität.
Schwarze.
Gesellschaft.
Darstellende Kunst.
Film.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
USA.
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Table of Contents:
  • Bad manners : talking about race
  • The end of race or the end of blackness? : August Wilson, Robert Brustein, and color-blind casting
  • The limits of color blindness : interracial sexuality, Denzel Washington, and Hollywood film
  • Transgressing tradition : Suzan-Lori Parks and black performance (as) theory
  • Are we there yet? : race, redemption, and black. White.

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