Abstract
This Independent Study explores the way that doing specific historical research can affect directing plays by Black women playwrights with ostensibly Black themes. I argue that public terror lynching is an American theatre tradition and that Black women have been decentered in national cultural memory. Through analyzing language and selected authors, I ask how researching the topic of Black women’s involvement in historical lynching narratives affects my directing of Sally’s Rape by Robbie McCauley with the goal of centering Black women’s narratives and feminizing the complexities of white and Black women’s interracial friendships.
Advisor
Baird, Emily
Department
Theatre and Dance
Recommended Citation
Nappier, Jaz, "All Strung Up: Researching The Histories Of Lynching, Sexual Violence, And Interracial Gender Relationships To Direct Sally’s Rape By Robbie Mccauley" (2022). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 9682.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/9682
Disciplines
Africana Studies | American Studies | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Performance Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies
Keywords
Racial violence, directing, Black women, terror lynching, Reconstruction, approach to directing, metacognition, Theatre for Social Change, Africana Theatre
Publication Date
2022
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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