Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible

by Malik Gaines and Gaines

Book Overview

Articulates the role black theatricality played in the radical energy of the sixties

Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left illustrates the black political ideas that radicalized the artistic endeavors of musicians, playwrights, and actors beginning in the 1960s. These ideas paved the way for imaginative models for social transformation through performance. Using the notion of excess--its transgression, multiplicity, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479804304
• ISBN13: 9781479804306
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"