The Cambridge companion to African American theatre / edited by Harvey Young.
Young, Harvey, 1975-
2013
PN2270.A35 C36 2013 (Mapit)
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The Cambridge companion to African American theatre / edited by Harvey Young.
ISBN
9781107017122
1107017122
9781107602755 (pbk.)
1107602750 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xix, 291 p.: ill.; 24 cm
Call Number
PN2270.A35 C36 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
792.089/96073
Summary
"This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Along the way, it chronicles the evolution of African American theatre and its engagement with the wider community, including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women dramatists, and the 'New Negro' and 'Black Arts' movements. Leading scholars spotlight the producers, directors, playwrights and actors whose efforts helped to fashion a more accurate appearance of Black life on stage, and reveal the impact of African American theatre both within the United States and further afield. Chapters also address recent theatre productions in the context of political and cultural change and ask where African American theatre is heading in the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Young, Harvey, 1975-
Series
Cambridge companions to literature.
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Introduction / Harvey Young
1. Slavery, performance, and the design of African American theatre / Douglas A. Jones, Jr.
2. Slave rebellions on the national stage / Heather Nathans
3. Early Black Americans on Broadway / Monica White Ndounou
4. Drama in the Harlem Renaissance / Soyica Diggs Colbert
5. The Negro little theatre movement / Jonathan Shandell
6. African American women dramatists, 1930-1960 / Adrienne Macki Braconi
7. Amiri Baraka and the Black arts movement / Aimee Zygmonski
8. Fragmented musicals and 1970s soul aesthetic / Samuel O'Connell
9. Spectacles of whiteness from Adrienne Kennedy to Suzan-Lori Parks / Faedra Chatard Carpenter
10. African American performance and community engagement / Nadine George-Graves
11. Women playwrights who cross cultural borders / Sandra G. Shannon
12. African diaspora drama / Sandra L. Richards
13. Black theatre in the age of Obama / Harry J. Elam, Jr.

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