ISBN:
9780472903566
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Staging Blackness
DDC:
832.009/3529
Keywords:
German drama History and criticism
;
Theater History
;
Black people in literature
;
Human skin color in literature
;
Race in literature
;
Théâtre - Allemagne - Histoire
;
Personnes noires dans la littérature
;
Couleur de la peau dans la littérature
;
Race dans la littérature
;
HISTORY / General
Abstract:
Staging Blackness provides a multifaceted look at how Blackness has been staged in Germany from the eighteenth century, the birth of German national theater, until the present. In recent years, the German stage has been at the forefront of discussions about race, from cases of blackface to fights for better representation within the professional community. These debates frequently invoke larger discussions about the politics of race in German theater and their origins, and beyond. Written by scholars and theater professionals with a wide variety of historical and theoretical expertise, the chapters seek to explore the connections between the German discourse on national theater and emerging ideas about race, analyze how dramaturges deal with older representations of Blackness in current productions, and discuss the contributions Black German playwrights and dramaturges have made to this discourse. Historians question how these plays were staged in their time, while cultural studies scholars contemplate how to interpret the function of race in these plays and how they can continue to be staged today
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
