Monday, June 17, 2013
Black Gay Men of the South
E. Patrick Johnson's project Pouring Tea has evolved from an academic performance for college and university classes into an Off Broadway show produced by the Signature Theatre. See how Patrick is able to teach and perform a series of oral testimonies about black gay male identity.
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http://www.ibiblio.org/uncp/media/johnson/Johnson%20Q&A.pdf
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a interview with E.Patrick Johnson about his book, Sweet Tea. It is very interesting and answers such question on where he got his ideas to how he found the people to interview to why he thinks it is hard for gay men in the south. i really enjoyed learning more about him.
http://www.uvm.edu/~diversit/?Page=News&storyID=15349
ReplyDeleteI found this article, via The University of Vermont, very interesting in the effort to illustrate each persona Johnson depicts while on stage. Jon C. Reidel, the author of the article titled, "Lecture/Performance Investigates Identity of Southern, Black, Gay Men" not only provides an excited review of his work, but also goes to great lengths to bring these characters to life as E. Patrick Johnson had intended
http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/page/554
ReplyDeleteI was able to find an interview slash Q&A session with E Patrick Johnson via the University of North Carolina, where he teaches. The Q&A gives us a bit more information on what his book and performances are striving to accomplish. It's a really interesting and enlightening read!
liminalities.net/2-1/ab-review.htm
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to a review of the book by Patrick Johnson Appropriating Blackness.
The book is solely about authenticity of black people gender, race in America. He finds a connection between politicized identity. The book prescribe how performance highlights the futility if such enterprises.