BLACK PERFORMANCE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE LEFT

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 excessits transgression, multiplicity, and ambivalenceMalik Gaines considers how performances of that era circulated a black political discourse capable...[Read more]