Homing performance: a Black feminism roundtable
Abstract
In this essay, we engage in a roundtable discussion to explore how we each home Black feminist performance in our work. We offer “homing” as an organizing concept. It does dual work. First, homing recalls a placemaking practice or a praxis of becoming and belonging using the knowing-doing body to create, disrupt, or transform space. Second, homing denotes a return to radical joy and make-do pragmatism rooted in Black feminism that relies on the knowing-being body to analyze aesthetics and to point to performative possibilities for social change. We organize homing into three sections: Homeplace, Homework, and Homebody.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Diversity and Impact of Dance
Theatre and Performance Studies
Caribbean history
culture
and politics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Text and Performance Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 189–201
- Publication date
- 16 April 2026
- Language
- EN