Joni L Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 3981607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joni L Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joni L |
| FAMILY NAME | Jones |
| SIGNATURE | JONES J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cast a Wide Net
Cast a Wide Net Joni L. Jones and Iya Omi Osun Olomo When works defy the prevailing concept of what constitutes an art form, they are often dismissed as faulty or overlooked all together until historians resurrect them and contextualize them through the clarifying lens of hindsight. In responding to the questions "What is a black play/What is playing black?," I want to call attention to the work of some contemporary artists who could be dismissed…
Taking It to the Streets: The Social Protest Theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka (review)
Reviewed by: Taking It To The Streets: The Social Protest Theater Of Luis Valdez & Amiri Baraka Joni L. Jones Taking It To The Streets: The Social Protest Theater Of Luis Valdez & Amiri Baraka. By Harry J. Elam, Jr. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997; pp. 187. $37.50 cloth. Taking It to the Streets is a thorough discussion of the social protest theatre of Luis Valdez through El Teatro Campesino and Amiri Baraka through Black Revolution…
Female Subjects in Black and White: Race, Psychoanalysis, and Feminism
Performing Osun without bodies: Documenting the Osun festival in print
An experiment in translating performance events into ethnographic scholarship drawing on both verbal and visual means of communication
Sista Docta: Performance as Critique of the Academy
Before I even open my mouth with these words and drummer Alli Aweusi strikes first PA on djembe, critique of academy has begun. sista docta was created in 1994 as seriate sketches that offer my commentary on being an African American woman professor at predominantly European American academic institutions.' This essay explores ways performance in general, and sista docta specifically, challenges academy's philosophy of inclusion and academy's pre…
The self as other: Creating the role of Joni the ethnographer for broken circles
Contemporary discussions of ethnographic research often draw attention to psychological and ethical problems centering on the observing ethnographer. Performance can be a valuable method for working through these problems. This essay describes the ways one performance helped me as an ethnographer work through such problems as objectivity, the marginalizing of the self, and the appropriation of another culture. In particular, it emphasizes how per…
African American Theatre: An Historical and Critical Analysis
Improvisation as a performance strategy for African‐based theatre
Improvisation offers an African‐based performance strategy for the development of an African‐American theatre aesthetic. As a performance strategy, improvisation aims to move theatrical productions toward efficacious performance by stimulating healing among the community members involved. The essay documents two productions which use improvisation as a fundamental performance strategy. Analysis of the two productions identifies unresolved tension…
Sista Docta: Performance as Critique of the Academy
Before I even open my mouth with these words and drummer Alli Aweusi strikes first PA on djembe, critique of academy has begun. sista docta was created in 1994 as seriate sketches that offer my commentary on being an African American woman professor at predominantly European American academic institutions.' This essay explores ways performance in general, and sista docta specifically, challenges academy's philosophy of inclusion and academy's pre…
The self as other: Creating the role of Joni the ethnographer for broken circles
Contemporary discussions of ethnographic research often draw attention to psychological and ethical problems centering on the observing ethnographer. Performance can be a valuable method for working through these problems. This essay describes the ways one performance helped me as an ethnographer work through such problems as objectivity, the marginalizing of the self, and the appropriation of another culture. In particular, it emphasizes how per…
Performing Osun without bodies: Documenting the Osun festival in print
An experiment in translating performance events into ethnographic scholarship drawing on both verbal and visual means of communication
Improvisation as a performance strategy for African‐based theatre
Improvisation offers an African‐based performance strategy for the development of an African‐American theatre aesthetic. As a performance strategy, improvisation aims to move theatrical productions toward efficacious performance by stimulating healing among the community members involved. The essay documents two productions which use improvisation as a fundamental performance strategy. Analysis of the two productions identifies unresolved tension…
Improvisation as a performance strategy for African‐based theatre
Improvisation offers an African‐based performance strategy for the development of an African‐American theatre aesthetic. As a performance strategy, improvisation aims to move theatrical productions toward efficacious performance by stimulating healing among the community members involved. The essay documents two productions which use improvisation as a fundamental performance strategy. Analysis of the two productions identifies unresolved tension…
African American Theatre: An Historical and Critical Analysis
The self as other: Creating the role of Joni the ethnographer for broken circles
Contemporary discussions of ethnographic research often draw attention to psychological and ethical problems centering on the observing ethnographer. Performance can be a valuable method for working through these problems. This essay describes the ways one performance helped me as an ethnographer work through such problems as objectivity, the marginalizing of the self, and the appropriation of another culture. In particular, it emphasizes how per…
Performing Osun without bodies: Documenting the Osun festival in print
An experiment in translating performance events into ethnographic scholarship drawing on both verbal and visual means of communication
Sista Docta: Performance as Critique of the Academy
Before I even open my mouth with these words and drummer Alli Aweusi strikes first PA on djembe, critique of academy has begun. sista docta was created in 1994 as seriate sketches that offer my commentary on being an African American woman professor at predominantly European American academic institutions.' This essay explores ways performance in general, and sista docta specifically, challenges academy's philosophy of inclusion and academy's pre…
Taking It to the Streets: The Social Protest Theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka (review)
Reviewed by: Taking It To The Streets: The Social Protest Theater Of Luis Valdez & Amiri Baraka Joni L. Jones Taking It To The Streets: The Social Protest Theater Of Luis Valdez & Amiri Baraka. By Harry J. Elam, Jr. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1997; pp. 187. $37.50 cloth. Taking It to the Streets is a thorough discussion of the social protest theatre of Luis Valdez through El Teatro Campesino and Amiri Baraka through Black Revolution…
Female Subjects in Black and White: Race, Psychoanalysis, and Feminism
Cast a Wide Net
Cast a Wide Net Joni L. Jones and Iya Omi Osun Olomo When works defy the prevailing concept of what constitutes an art form, they are often dismissed as faulty or overlooked all together until historians resurrect them and contextualize them through the clarifying lens of hindsight. In responding to the questions "What is a black play/What is playing black?," I want to call attention to the work of some contemporary artists who could be dismissed…
Art (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · History (3 works) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art history (2 works)