re-casting race, ethnicity, and nationality in American theater /
Angela C. Pao
Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
c2010
viii, 305 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Theater : theory/text/performance
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and index
Introduction -- Bearing the weight of reality : the theatricality of cross-racial corporeal encounters -- Re-casting race : nontraditional casting and racial formation -- Bodies like gardens : classical tragedy and comedy in color -- Beyond type : re-casting modern drama and national identity -- The theater, not the city : genre and politics in antirealistic drama -- Chasing rainbows : re-casting race and ethnicity in the Broadway musical -- Afterword
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No Safe Spaces looks at one of the most radical and enduring changes introduced during the Civil Rights era- multiracial and cross-racial casting practices in American theater. Multiracial casting is explored first through its history, then through its artistic, political, and pragmatic dimensions. Next, the book focuses on case studies from the dominant genres of contemporary American theater using a broad array of archival source materials to enhance and illuminate its arguments.--[book cover]