Recharting the Black Atlantic: Modern Cultures, Local Communities, Global Connections (Routledge Research in Atlantic Studies)

"This book focuses on the migrations and metamorphoses of black bodies, practices and discourses around the Atlantic, particularly with regard to current issues such as questions of identity, political and human rights, cosmopolitics, and mnemo-history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0806/2007037751-d.html Acting In Musical Theatre Is The Only Complete Course In Approaching A Role In A Musical. The Musical Theatre Performer Must Be A Master Of Many Styles Of Acting, Singing And Dancing, And This Is The First Book To Combine These Disciplines Into A Comprehensive Guide. Just Starting Out? This Book Will Guide You From The Beginning Of Your Training Through Years Of Professional Work. If You Are An Acting Instructor, It Will Lead Your Students Through A Complete Training Programme. If You're An Experienced Actor, This Book Will Help You Achieve Real Performing Power. Drawing On Decades Of Experience Both On-stage And In The Classroom, The Authors Provide Crucial Advice On All Elements Of The Craft.--book Jacket. Introduction : Black Bodies, Practices And Discourses Around The Atlantic -- David Hammons's Sheep Raffle At Dak'art 2004 : Reading Black Art Through Léopold Sédar Senghor's Négritude / Manthia Diawara -- From South Africa To Europe To North America And Back : Sol Plaatje, W.e.b. Du Bois, And The Routes Of Romance / Annalisa Oboe -- Néritude As Performance Practice : Rio De Janeiro's Black Experimental Theatre / Judith M. Williams -- The Book Of The Dead : Inscribing Torture Into The Black Atlantic / Nicole Waller -- The Spirit Of Brazil : Football And The Politics Of Afro-brazilian Cultural Identity / Richard Follett -- Black Man And White Ladyship (1931) : A Manifesto / Renata Morresi -- What We All Long For : Dionne Brand's Transatlantic Metamorphoses / Franca Bernabei -- Slavery, History, And Satire : The Legacy Of Gilberto Freyre / Marcus Wood -- Return To The Source : Amilcar Cabral And Flora Gomes / Patrick Williams --^ Ghosts Of Memories, Spirits Of Ancestors : Slavery, The Mediterranean, And The Atlantic / Cristina Lombardi-diop -- Transatlantic Minstrelsy : Performing Survival Strategies In Slavery And Hip-hop / Venus Opal Reese -- Transbodied/transcultured : Moving Spirits In Katherine Dunham's And Maya Deren's Caribbean / Dorothea Fischer-hornung -- Venture Smith And James Baldwin : Two Strangers In The Village / Ginevra Geraci -- The Iconic Ship In The Atlantic Dialogue Of Black Britain / Itala Vivan -- Lost In Transit : Africa In The Trench Of The Black Atlantic / Oyekan Owomoyela -- I Sing The Black Body Electric : Transnationalism And The Black Body In Walt Whitman, Alain Locke, And Paul Robeson / Jeffrey C. Stewart -- W.e.b. Du Bois And The Black Intellectual Abroad / Anna Scacchi -- Re-mapping Caribbean Land(sea)scapes : Aquatic Metaphors And Transatlantic Homes In Caryl Phillips's The Atlantic Sound / Elvira Pulitano -- Strike A Pose : Capitalism's Black Identity / Paulla A. Ebron --^ Nothing But A Feeling Of Brotherhood : The Interracial Question And The Return To Africa In Pauline Hopkin's Of One Blood / Simone Francescato -- Marine Origins And Anti-marine Tropism In The French Caribbean : André And Simone Schwarz-bart / Antoinette Tidjani Alou -- Narratives Of Traversal : Jamaica Kincaid And The Erasure Of The Postcolonial Subject / Paul Giles. Edited By Annalisa Oboe And Anna Scacchi. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [379]-406) And Index. Book Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Black Bodies, Practices and Discourses around the Atlantic Part I: Circumatlantic Connections, Local Lives 1 David Hammons’s Sheep Raffle at Dak’Art 2004: Reading Black Art through Léopold Sédar Senghor’s Négritude 2 From South Africa to Europe to North America and Back: Sol Plaatje, W.E.B. Du Bois, and the Routes of Romance 3 Négritude as Performance Practice: Rio de Janeiro’s Black Experimental Theater 4 The Book of the Dead: Inscribing Torture into the Black Atlantic 5 The Spirit of Brazil: Football and the Politics of Afro-Brazilian Cultural Identity 6 Black Man and White Ladyship (1931): A Manifesto 7 “What We All Long For”: Dionne Brand’s Transatlantic Metamorphoses 8 Slavery, History, and Satire: The Legacy of Gilberto Freyre Part II: Modern Societies, Ancient Routes 9 Return to the Source: Amilcar Cabral and Flora Gomes 10 Ghosts of Memories, Spirits of Ancestors: Slavery, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic 11 Transatlantic Minstrelsy: Performing Survival Strategies in Slavery and Hip-Hop 12 Transbodied/Transcultured: Moving Spirits in Katherine Dunham’s and Maya Deren’s Caribbean 13 Venture Smith and James Baldwin: Two Strangers in the Village 14 The Iconic Ship in the Atlantic Dialogue of Black Britain 15 Lost in Transit: Africa in the Trench of the Black Atlantic Part III: Black Bodies, Global Voices 16 I Sing the Black Body Electric Transnationalism and the Black Body in Walt Whitman, Alain Locke, and Paul Robeson 17 W.E.B. Du Bois and the Black Intellectual Abroad 18 Re-mapping Caribbean Land(Sea)scapes: Aquatic Metaphors and Transatlantic Homes in Caryl Phillips’s The Atlantic Sound 19 Strike a Pose: Capitalism’s Black Identity 20 “Nothing but a Feeling of Brotherhood”: The Interracial Question and the Return to Africa in Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood 21 Marine Origins and Anti-Marine Tropism in the French Caribbean: André and Simone Schwarz-Bart 22 Narratives of Traversal: Jamaica Kincaid and the Erasure of the Postcolonial Subject Bibliography Contributors Index