Theatre and Race

The theatre has always been a place where conceptions of race and racism have been staged, shared and perpetuated. Harvey Young introduces key ideas about race, before tracing its relationship with theatre and performance - from Ancient Athens to the present day.

Auteur

Harvey Young is Associate Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Northwestern University, USA.

Contenu

Series Editors' Preface

1. Race as Theatre
2. Racializing the Other in the Classical Era
3. Cultural Anxieties in the Elizabethan Period
4. Blackface
5. Other Faces
6. Colorblind and Color Conscious Casting
7. Conclusion: Post-race Theatre
   Further
   Reading
   Index
   Acknowledgements.