Chapter 2 Playing with 'race' in the new millennium

"Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting. Drawing on the notion of a ""welcome table""—a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre—the book’s contribu...

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Päätekijä: Emeka, Justin
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-289642025-06-11T05:42:45Z Chapter 2 Playing with 'race' in the new millennium Emeka, Justin Audition, Blackface, Colourblind, Diversity, Ensemble, Ethical, Race, Redface, Representation, Whiteface, culturally conscious casting, social movement, welcome table thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATD Theatre studies::ATDF Theatre direction and production "Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting. Drawing on the notion of a ""welcome table""—a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre—the book’s contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, Disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor’s embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are never neutral. By bringing together a variety of artistic perspectives to discuss common goals and particular concerns related to casting, this volume features the insights and experiences of a broad range of practitioners and experts across the field. As a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, Casting a Movement seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation." 2021-02-10T13:28:35Z 2021-02-10T13:28:35Z 2020-09-23T09:15:56Z 2019 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41778 9781138594470 9780429488221 9781138594470 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28964 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41778/1/9781138594777_oachapter2.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41778/1/9781138594777_oachapter2.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/41778/1/9781138594777_oachapter2.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Casting a Movement 9781138594470 9780429488221 9781138594470 Routledge 14 open access
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