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

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Catanese, Brandi Wilkins, 1974-

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TextSeries: Theater--theory/text/performancePublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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9780472027927
0472027921

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: The problem of the color(blind)DDC classification:

791.089/96073 22

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PN1590.B53

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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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Summary: 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 that is somehow race neutral. But where, exactly, is race neutrality located--in the eyes of the spectator, in the body of the performer, in the medium of the performance?

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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 that is somehow race neutral. But where, exactly, is race neutrality located--in the eyes of the spectator, in the body of the performer, in the medium of the performance?

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