Judith Hamera Libri

The book explores innovative methods for analyzing communication and culture through performance, guided by editor Judith Hamera and a team of contributors. It introduces readers to essential components of performance-based analysis, connects this approach to broader theoretical frameworks in communication and cultural studies, and showcases practical examples that illustrate how performance can serve as a critical tool for understanding and engaging with cultural dynamics.

Unfinished Business argues that U.S. deindustrialization cannot be separated from race, specifically from choreographed movements of African Americans that represent or resist normative or aberrant relationships to work and capital in transitional times.