Difference between revisions of "Chinua Thelwell"
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
| − | Born [[Chinua Akimaro Thelwell]], he received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011. Having developed a wide range of teaching and research interests, he has published on a | + | Born [[Chinua Akimaro Thelwell]], he received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011 with a thesis on [[blackface]] [[minstrelsy]] in South Africa, (published as ''Nothing Now Goes Down But Burnt Cork: Blackface Minstrelsy and Ethnic Impersonation in South Africa'', by Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publishing in 2012). Having developed a wide range of teaching and research interests, he has since published on a range of other matters. Currently Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies at the College of William & Mary in Massachusetts |
==Contribution to South African theatre studies== | ==Contribution to South African theatre studies== | ||
| − | His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse, and his most relevant published work for Southern African studies includes an article in ''The Drama Review'' entitled , and two monographs: an edited collection titled ''Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World'' (Routledge in 2016) and ''Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond'' (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020). | + | His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse, and his most relevant published work for Southern African studies includes his thesis, an article in ''The Drama Review'' entitled , and two monographs: an edited collection titled ''Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World'' (Routledge in 2016) and ''Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond'' (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020). |
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Revision as of 06:22, 17 December 2021
Chinua Thelwell is an American theatre researcher with a special interest in Afro-diasporic history and performance, including blackface minstrelsy.
Biography
Born Chinua Akimaro Thelwell, he received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011 with a thesis on blackface minstrelsy in South Africa, (published as Nothing Now Goes Down But Burnt Cork: Blackface Minstrelsy and Ethnic Impersonation in South Africa, by Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publishing in 2012). Having developed a wide range of teaching and research interests, he has since published on a range of other matters. Currently Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies at the College of William & Mary in Massachusetts
Contribution to South African theatre studies
His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse, and his most relevant published work for Southern African studies includes his thesis, an article in The Drama Review entitled , and two monographs: an edited collection titled Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World (Routledge in 2016) and Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020).
