Scholars@Duke
Johann R. Montozzi-Wood

Johann R. Montozzi-Wood

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies
Theater Studies
jr.montozziwood@duke.edu
Campus Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708
Campus Box 90680, 402 Chapel Drive, 109 Page, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Breaking the Spell: the Black Body, Strangeness, and Architectures of Wonder

Chapter · 2024 (opening excerpt) "In Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin juxtaposes the “native” with the “stranger” by culminating the 1955 collection with his essay “Stranger in the Village.” In it he describes his Black, queer situation in relationship to the small S ... Link to item Cite

Queer Epistemologies in the Making of Queer Makishi: Visibility, Trans-position, and Devised Performance Practice

Chapter · December 16, 2021 Featured Publication This book considers arousal as a mode of theoretical and artistic inquiry to encourage new ways of staging and examining bodies in performance across artistic disciplines, modern history, and cultural contexts. ... Cite