Proposal Title
A Black Woman’s Life and Race: A Tornado
Abstract
This performance seeks to engage with participants around questions of race. It challenges the audience to examine black anger, whiteness, and anti–Semitism. Autoethnographical narratives about race and blacks are used. Theatrical monologues demonstrate black female religious experiences. References to the Oklahoma bombing are expressed. Audiences will learn how art can be used to heal in racial settings, and how black anger can be embodied and expressed.
Start Date
24-3-2017 3:00 PM
End Date
24-3-2017 3:50 PM
Presentation Type
Creative Performance
Disciplines
Art Practice | Performance Studies | Race and Ethnicity | Religion
A Black Woman’s Life and Race: A Tornado
U-Hall 3-089
This performance seeks to engage with participants around questions of race. It challenges the audience to examine black anger, whiteness, and anti–Semitism. Autoethnographical narratives about race and blacks are used. Theatrical monologues demonstrate black female religious experiences. References to the Oklahoma bombing are expressed. Audiences will learn how art can be used to heal in racial settings, and how black anger can be embodied and expressed.
