1964, A Year in African American Performance History (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies)

by: David Krasner (Author)

Publisher:

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/7/26

Language: English

Print Length: 266 pages

ISBN-10: 1032670452

ISBN-13: 9781032670454

Book Description

This book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.The book analyses specific events that occurred in 1964 as benchmarks of the Civil Right Movement, making the case that 1964 was a watershed year. Each chapter considers individually politics, rhetoric, sports, dramatic literature, film, art, and music, breaking down the events and illustrating their importance to the social and political life in the United States in 1964. This study emphasizes 1964 as a nodal point in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, arguing that it was within this single year that the tide against racism and injustice tued markedly.This book will be of great interest to the scholars and students of civil rights, theatre and performance, art history, and drama literature.

About the Author

This book examines the Civil Rights Movement from the perspective of a single year, 1964.The book analyses specific events that occurred in 1964 as benchmarks of the Civil Right Movement, making the case that 1964 was a watershed year. Each chapter considers individually politics, rhetoric, sports, dramatic literature, film, art, and music, breaking down the events and illustrating their importance to the social and political life in the United States in 1964. This study emphasizes 1964 as a nodal point in the history of the Civil Rights Movement, arguing that it was within this single year that the tide against racism and injustice tued markedly.This book will be of great interest to the scholars and students of civil rights, theatre and performance, art history, and drama literature.

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