BOOKS
Performance, Dance and Political Economy: Bodies at the End of the World edited by Katerina Paramana and Anita Gonzalez. Bloomsbury Press, 2021.
Examines the relation between bodies and political economies at micro and macro levels. Arising from live conversations and exchanges among the contributors, the book’s conversations stand in the space between ends and beginnings – some long-desired, such as the end of capitalism and racism, and others long-dreaded, such as the climate catastrophe – and reimagines what the world can be like instead.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/performance-dance-and-political-economy-9781350188693/
Black Performance Theory: An Anthology of Critical Writings edited by Thomas F. DeFrantz and Anita Gonzalez, Duke University Press, 2014.
Black performance theory is a rich interdisciplinary area of study and critical method. In this collection of new essays, some of its pioneering thinkers demonstrate the breadth and depth, innovation, and critical value of black performance theory.
https://www.dukeupress.edu/Black-Performance-Theory/
Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality by Anita Gonzalez with photos by Jose Manuel Pellicer and George O Jackson Jr. University of Texas Press, 2010.
Anita Gonzalez articulates African ethnicity and artistry within the broader panorama of Mexican culture. She illustrates how dance reflects upon social histories and relationships and documents how residents of Mexico construct their histories through performance.
http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/gonafr
Jarocho’s Soul: Cultural Identity and Afro-Mexican Dance by Anita Gonzalez. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2004.
Brown-skinned men and women move across Mexico’s national stages dancing the folkloric jarocho, a symbolic blend of Spanish, Native American, and African cultures. Traces the evolution and transformation of an Afro-Mexican dance form into a national cultural icon. It is an ethnographic study that compares and contrasts Mexican performance of national identity with Untied States dance styles.
https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781461739739/Jarocho’s-Soul-Cultural-Identity-and-Afro-Mexican-Dance
Interactive Website
The 19th Century Acts digital humanities tool visualizes the historical biographies and live performances of Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind and Ira Aldridge through the amalgamation of archival texts and the visualization of the ephemeral acts of performance. Through the documentation of geographical and historical data, along with images and sound captions, this tool serves as an engaging, online learning platform
Book Contributions
Gonzalez, Anita. “Monsters of Africa and the Loss of Identity,” Monsters in Performance: Essays on the Aesthetics of Disqualification. Edited by Analola Santana and Michael Chemers. New York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 111-121.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Surviving Gender Violence: Activating Community Stories for Social Change (South Africa)”, African Performance Arts and Political Acts, edited by Naomi Andre, Yolanda Covington-Ward, and Jendele Hungbo. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021, pp. 159-179.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Quarantine Rebellions: Performance Innovation in the Pandemic”, Being Human During Covid edited by Kristin Ann Hass. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021, pp. 357-388.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Transatlantic Voyages: Then and Now” Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices, edited by Adesola Akinyele. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp. 277-284.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Reflections from Distinguished Practitioners,” Black Acting Methods edited by Sharrel D. Luckett and Tia M. Shaffer. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Framing and Naming Black British Dance,” British Dance: Black Routes edited by Christy Adair and Ramsey Burt. London: Routledge, 2016.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Negotiating Theatrics: Dialogues of the Working Man,” The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Theater edited by Nadine George-Graves. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN# 978-0-19-991749-5
Gonzalez, Anita. “Pancho and Minga: Devilish Renegades of Mexico,” Festive Devils of the Americas (Enactments) edited by Milla Cozart Riggio, Angela Marino, and Paolo Vignolo. Chicago: Seagull, 2015. ISBN# 978-0857421791
Gonzalez, Anita. “Tactile and Vocal Communities in Urban Bush Women’s Shelter and Praise House,” The Community Performance Reader edited by Petra Kuppers and Gwen Robertson. New York: Routledge, 2007. ISBN # 978-0415392310
Gonzalez, Anita. “Theater as Cultural Exchange,” Latinas On Stage, edited by Alicia Arrizón and Lillian Manzor. Berkeley: Third Women, 2000. ISBN# 0943219175
Journal Articles
Gonzalez, Anita. Gonzalez, Anita. “Maritime Migrations: Stewards of the African Grove” Theatre Research International, (Volume 44: Issue 1) March, 2019.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Theatre as Cultural Exchange: Stages and Studios of Learning,” Theatre Symposium (Volume 25, 2017) 12-28
Gonzalez, Anita. “Aldridge in Action: Building a Visual Digital Interface,” Theatre Journal (68) 2016, E1-15. READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita. “Megaship Economies and Transnational Maritime Performance,” Theatre Research International, 39, pp. 182 – 197 (September 2014). READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita. “ Maritime Scenography and the Spectacles of Cruising,” Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts 18.3 On Scenography, pp.27 – 31, (September 24, 2013). READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita: “Diversifying African American Drama,” Theatre Topics, 19:1 (March 2009), 59-66. READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita. “Indigenous Acts: Black and Native Performances in Mexico,” Radical History Review, Issue 103 (Winter 2009) 131-141.
Cox, Aimee Meredith, with Tiye Giraud, Anita Gonzalez, Petra Kuppers, and Carrie Sandahl. “Anarcha Anti-Archive,” Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 4.2 (2008) http://liminalities.net/4-2/anarcha.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Bush Women,” Women and Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, Issue 28, 14:2 (2005) 27.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Urban Bush Women: Finding Shelter in the Utopian Ensemble.” Modern Drama (47:2) 250-268.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Mambo and the Maya,” Dance Research Journal Vol. 35/2 and 36/1, (Winter 2003 and Spring 2004) 131-145. READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita. “Jawole Zollar’s Praise House and the Ecstasy of the Black Church Ritual,” The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Lawrence: University of Kansas (Summer, 2004) 123-135.
Gonzalez, Anita. “A Theater Studies Look at Maya Performance,” Community College Humanities Review 22/1 (Fall 2001), 99-113.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Caught Between Expectations: Producing, Performing, and Writing Black/African, Latino, and American Aesthetics,” The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism (Spring 1999),149-156. READ ARTICLE
Gonzalez, Anita. “Un lugar Caliente, lleno de polvo y mosquitos,” Tramoya. (Jan. 1994), 130-132.
Published Conference Proceedings
Gonzalez, Anita. “Urban Bush Women and the Continuum of Black Performativity” Proceedings: Society of Dance History Scholars. Stoughton, Wisconsin: Society of Dance History Scholars (2001), pp. 35-38.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Powwow Dancing and Native Rap: American Indian Dance Patronage and the Politics of Spirituality” Continents in Movement: Proceedings of the International Conference The Meeting of Cultures in Dance History edited by Daniel Tercio. Oeiras, Portugal: Edição Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (March 1999), pp. 51-56.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Powwow Dancing and Native Rap: American Indian Dance Patronage and the Politics of Spirituality,” Proceedings: Society of Dance History Scholars. Riverside, CA: Society of Dance History Scholars (1998), pp. 227-233.
Gonzalez, Anita. “Reconfiguring African Slave Dancing in Mexico: Popular Imaginations of Jarocho,” Proceedings: Society of Dance History Scholars. Riverside, CA: Society of Dance History Scholars (1997), pp. 77-83.
Blogs
Gonzalez, Anita. “Michigan”: (A Quarantine Pod for Black Lives) The Dramatist. November 2020
https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/michigan-quarantine-pod-black-lives
Gonzalez, Anita. “Michigan”: (Ensemble Agreements) The Dramatist. November 2019
https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/michigan-anita-gonzalez-4
Gonzalez, Anita. “Michigan”: (Developing New Work) The Dramatist. March 2019
https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/michigan-anita-gonzalez-3
Gonzalez, Anita. “Michigan,” (Flint Project) The Dramatist. August 14, 2018 https://www.dramatistsguild.com/michigan-by-anita-gonzalez-3/
Gonzalez, Anita. “Michigan,” (Anishinaabe Theatre Exchange) The Dramatist. December 2, 2018 https://www.dramatistsguild.com/michigan-2/
Gonzalez, Anita. “Are We Building a Wall?”. Learn Speak Act: Liberal Arts in the Moment April 17, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/learn-speak-act/2017/04/17/are-we-building-a-wall/
Gonzalez, Anita. “Storytelling, Playwriting and Acting,” The Dramatist. November 14, 2017 https://www.dramatistsguild.com/michigan-by-anita-gonzalez/
Gonzalez, Anita. “DG National Report: Michigan,” The Dramatist. June 30, 2017
Gonzalez, Anita. “Edisa Weeks Delirious Dance Acts” Dancers Turn, June 27, 2013. http://dancersturn5678.blogspot.com/2013/06/edisa-weekss-delirious-dance-acts.html
“Archives, Aldridge, and Image Crowd Sourcing,” http://astrdigitalmethods.wordpress.com/2013/10/19/archives-aldridge-and-image-crowd-sourcing/April 18, 2014″19th Century Acts: Digital Visualization and Crowdsourcing,”
University of Michigan Press, 2014
http://www.theater-historiography.org/2014/04/18/19th-century-acts-digital-visualizations-and-crowdsourcing/