{"product_id":"southern-stages-space-and-memory-in-us-performance-paperback","title":"Southern Stages: Space and Memory in Us Performance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChandra Owenby Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day, countless southerners pass symbols and monuments dedicated to white supremacy and the \"Old South\" statues, cemeteries, plantations, downtown squares, and even regional theatre stages. Some may only glance at them, ignorant to their history, while others recall the physical and psychological trauma embedded by generations of enslavement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through the eyes of actors and everyday people, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Stages\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging new model for interrogating the performance of southernness, as well as how memory and imagination intersect in spaces that have shaped hundreds of years of American history. Chandra Owenby Hopkins employs cultural memory and lived realities of Black and white communities to examine the earliest and most enduring southern stages: the playhouse and the public square.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChandra Owenby Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of theatre and dean of the Converse College for Women at Converse University. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre History Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTheatre Survey\u003c\/i\u003e. Hopkins lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47294673027321,"sku":"9781685970352","price":153.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yRGgAadZl59781685970352.webp?v=1769191951","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/southern-stages-space-and-memory-in-us-performance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}