AMS 6617 About Face - Race and Performance in US Theatre

Credit Hours: 3

This course explores race as a key component in theatre and performance beginning with U.S. minstrel shows to current theatre productions. Students will examine the historical trajectory of blackface, red face, and yellowface in U.S. theatre through an array of theatre performances to understand how race and ethnicity structure the American theatre aesthetic and consider how remnants of racial/racialized performances (re)appear and are reified in U.S. culture.

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Co-Prerequisite(s): None

USF | Department of Humanities and Cultrural Studies