Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910

by Daphne A. Brooks

Book Overview

In Bodies in Dissent Daphne A. Brooks argues that from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth, black transatlantic activists, actors, singers, and other entertainers frequently transformed the alienating conditions of social and political marginalization into modes of self-actualization through performance. Brooks considers the work of African American, Anglo, and racially ambiguous performers in a range of popular entertainment,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822337223
• ISBN13: 9780822337225
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"