Touching history: Suzan-lori parks, Robbie McCauley and the black body

Harvey Young

doi:10.1080/1046293032000141374

Touching history: Suzan-lori parks, Robbie McCauley and the black body

Harvey Young^*

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Abstract

This essay closely reads two contemporary performance projects by Suzan-Lori Parks (Venus) and Robbie McCauley (Sally’s Rape). It examines how the authors (re)present black history on stage, manipulate language to reveal a particular, repeating experience of blackness, and center the body as the site where these accumulated repeating experiences visibly express themselves.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	134-153
Number of pages	20
Journal	Text and Performance Quarterly
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1046293032000141374
State	Published - Jan 1 2003

Keywords

Blackness
Body
Robbie McCauley
Sally’s Rape
Suzan-Lori Parks
Venus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Communication
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Literature and Literary Theory

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