1st Edition
Preaching the Blues Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays
By Maisha S. Akbar
Copyright 2020
148 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Preaching the Blues: Black Feminist Performance in Lynching Plays examines several lynching plays to foreground black women’s performances as non-normative subjects who challenge white supremacist ideology. Maisha S. Akbar re-maps the study of lynching drama by examining plays that are contingent upon race-based settings in black households versus white households. She also discusses... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Blueswoman Matters: Black Women’s Feminisms in Anti-Lynching Plays 2. Saving White Face: Examining Anti-Lynching Plays Set in White Households 3. Sketches from a Black Feminist Professor’s Notebook: Staging Lynching Plays at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the South Epilogue Index
Biography
Maisha S. Akbar is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Fort Valley State University, where she is founding coordinator of a Theatre and Performance Studies academic curriculum. Dr. Akbar’s research interests include black feminist performance studies and psychoanalysis. More information on her work can be found at www.blackplaybook.com.
