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The Cambridge companion to African American theatre /

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"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 t...

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Other Authors: Young, Harvey, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
Subjects:
African American theater > History.
American drama > African American authors > History and criticism.
African Americans in the performing arts.
DRAMA / American.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.