LibGuides: Diversification / Decolonization of the Curriculum: Performing Arts Resources

Theater

No Safe Spaces Re-Casting Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Theater
Pao, Angela Chia-yi. No Safe Spaces Re-Casting Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in American Theater. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. 2010.
Theatre & Race
Young, Harvey. Theatre & Race. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Print. 2013
The A to Z of African American Theater
Hill, Anthony D., Douglas Q. Barnett, and Anthony D. Hill. The A to Z of African American Theater. 111th ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. 2009
Contemporary African American Theater : Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller
Anadolu-Okur, Nilgun. Contemporary African American Theater : Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller. New York: Garland Pub. 1997
“Take a Giant Step into (African) American Theatre History: Broadway’s First ‘Universal’ Drama.”
Wilson, Melinda D. “Take a Giant Step into (African) American Theatre History: Broadway’s First ‘Universal’ Drama.” The Journal of American drama and theatre 20.3 (2008): 49–73.
“The Wisdom of ‘Worldliness’: Bringing African American Theatre and Drama into Existing Course Syllabi.”
Shandell, Jonathan. “The Wisdom of ‘Worldliness’: Bringing African American Theatre and Drama into Existing Course Syllabi.” Theatre topics 19.1 (2009): 51–58.

Jazz Dance A History of the Roots and Branches
Oliver, Wendy, and Lindsay Guarino. Jazz Dance A History of the Roots and Branches. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. 2014.
Ring Shout, Wheel About the Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery
Thompson, Katrina Dyonne. Ring Shout, Wheel About the Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 2014
African American Dance : an Illustrated History
Glass, Barbara S. African American Dance : an Illustrated History. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co. 2007
Dancing in the Margins: Experiences of African American Ballerinas.”
McCarthy-Brown, Nyama. “Dancing in the Margins: Experiences of African American Ballerinas.” Journal of African American studies (New Brunswick, N.J.) 15.3 (2010): 385–408.
“Teaching African American Dance / History to a ‘Post-Racial’ Class: Yale’s Project O.”
Cermatori, Joseph et al. “Teaching African American Dance / History to a ‘Post-Racial’ Class: Yale’s Project O.” Theatre topics 19.1 (2009): 1–14.

Music, Difference, and the Residue of Race
Haynes, Jo. Music, Difference, and the Residue of Race. 1st ed. New York: Routledge. 2012.
The Race of Sound : Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music
Eidsheim, Nina Sun. The Race of Sound : Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music. Durham ;: Duke University Press. 2019
Reds, Whites, and Blues Social Movements, Folk Music, and Race in the United States
Roy, William G. Reds, Whites, and Blues Social Movements, Folk Music, and Race in the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2010
“'Vixen Resistin’: Redefining Black Womanhood in Hip-Hop Music Videos.”
Murali Balaji. “Vixen Resistin’: Redefining Black Womanhood in Hip-Hop Music Videos.”Journal of Black Studies 41.1 (2010): 5–20.
“Back to the Heart of Worship: Praise and Worship Music in a Los Angeles African-American Megachurch.”
Birgitta J. Johnson. “Back to the Heart of Worship: Praise and Worship Music in a Los Angeles African-American Megachurch.”Black Music Research Journal 31.1 (2011): 105–129.