1st Edition
Black Women Centre Stage Diasporic Solidarity in Contemporary Black British Theatre
By Paola Prieto López
Copyright 2024
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
This book examines the political alliances that are built across the diaspora in contemporary plays written by Black women playwrights in the UK.
Through the concept of creative diasporic solidarity, it offers an innovative theoretical approach to examine the ways in which the playwrights respond creatively to the violence and marginalisation of Black communities, especially Black women. This... Read more
1. Toward A Theoretical Model Of Solidarity in Black British Theatre 2. Choral Amplification and Theatrical Activism in The Interrogation of Sandra Bland 3. Interpellation and Immersive Theatre. The Limitations of Solidarity in Theresa Ikoko’s Girls and Diana Nneka Atuona’s Liberian Girl 4. “Let Us Start by Listening”. Oppositional Dialogues in Gloria William’s Bullet Hole, Charlene James’s Cuttin’ It, Cora Bissett and Yusra Warsama’s Rites and Mojisola Adebayo’s Stars 5. In Conversation with Mojisola Adebayo
Biography
Paola Prieto López is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the Universidad de Oviedo.
