Performing Difference is a compilation of seventeen essays from some of the leading scholars in history; criticism; film; and theater studies. Each author examines the portrayal of groups and individuals that have been traditionally marginalized or excluded from dominant historical narratives. As a meeting point of several fields of study; this book is organized around three meta-themes: race; gender; and genocide. Included are analyses of films and theatrical productions from the United States; as well as essays on cinema from Southern and Central America; Europe; and the Middle East. Topically; the contributing authors write about the depiction of race; ethnicities; gender and sexual orientation; and genocides. This volume assesses how the performing arts have aided in the social construction of the "other" in differing contexts. Its fundamental premise is that performance is powerful; and its unifying thesis is that the arts remain a major forum for advancing a more nuanced and humane vision of social outcasts; not only in the realm of national imaginations; but in social relations as well.
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