Understanding Blackness through Performance: Contemporary Arts and the Representation of Identity Two Lines Press and the spark of life

and the spark of life shines through as he describes the horrors of slavery and his goal of escaping its tenacious hold

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Engaging Culture

Understanding Blackness through Performance: Contemporary Arts and the Representation of Identity Two Lines Press and the spark of lifeHow does the performance of blackness reframe issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality? Here, the contributors look into representational practices in film, literature, fashion, and theatre and explore how they have fleshed out political struggles, while recognizing that they have sometimes maintained the mechanisms of violence against blacks.