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Black British Women's Theatre - Nicola Abram

Black British Women's Theatre

Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics

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Buch | Softcover
XIII, 264 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-51461-7 (ISBN)
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This book marks a significant methodological shift in studies of black British women's theatre: it looks beyond published plays to the wealth of material held in archives of various kinds, from national repositories and themed collections to individuals' personal papers. It finds there a cache of unpublished manuscripts and production recordings distinctive for their non-naturalistic aesthetics. Close analysis of selected works identifies this as an intersectional feminist creative practice.

Chapters focus on five theatre companies and artists, spanning several decades: Theatre of Black Women (1982-1988), co-founded by Booker Prize-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo; Munirah Theatre Company (1983-1991); Black Mime Theatre Women's Troop (1990-1992); Zindika; and SuAndi. The book concludes by reflecting on the politics of representation, with reference to popular postmillennial playwright debbie tucker green.

Drawing on new interviews with the playwrights/practitionersand their peers, this book assembles a rich, interconnected, and occasionally corrective history of black British women's creativity. By reproducing 22 facsimile images of flyers, production programmes, photographs and other ephemera, Black British Women's Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics not only articulates a hidden history but allows its readers their own encounter with the fragile record of this vibrant past.

Nicola Abram is Lecturer in Literatures in English at the University of Reading, UK. She has previously published on plays by debbie tucker green, Helen Oyeyemi, and Winsome Pinnock, and on the history of black British and British Asian arts collectives.

1. Introduction: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics.- 2. Theatre of Black Women.- 3. Munirah Theatre Company.- 4. Black Mime Theatre: The Women's Troop.- 5. Zindika.- 6. SuAndi.- 8. Conclusion: In the spirit of Sankofa.-  

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XIII, 264 p. 24 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 369 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Schlagworte Aesthetics • archives • black British women's theatre • Black Mime Theatre Women's Troop • debbie tucker green • Feminism • Intersectionality • Munirah Theatre Company • non-naturalism • SuAndi • Theatre of Black Women • Zindika
ISBN-10 3-030-51461-7 / 3030514617
ISBN-13 978-3-030-51461-7 / 9783030514617
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