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- ISBN
- 9780415978262
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415978262
ISBN-13
9780415978262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61494003
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
10 Pages
Publication Name
Contemporary African American Women Playwrights : a Casebook
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Subject
Women Authors, Theater / General, Drama, General, Theater / Playwriting, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Drama, Performing Arts, Social Science
Series
Casebooks on Modern Dramatists Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-017379
Reviews
'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.' - Choice 'This resource is invaluable to the drama/theatre teacher... This [treatment of themes] makes the collection useful to a much wider range of academics and other professionals.'- Multicultural Review 'Compelling... the eminently readable essays are interesting and accessible for students and scholars of theatre and a broader readership interested in how theatre is informed by by the cultural politics of race in the USA.'- New Theatre Quarterly , Contemporary African American Women Playwrights powerfully reminds readers of the capacity of theater, drama, and spectacle to stimulate audiences toward the establishment of community and the pursuit of social change. The complex and cogent analyses, written in precise language without jargon, left me pondering the playwrights and their achievements long after I finished reading the essays. Collected together, these essays offer deft, incontestable proof that African American women playwrights since Hansberry merit a central position in studies of 20 th - and 21 st -century black literature, culture, gender, genre, and performance. - Joycelyn Moody, Editor of African American Review and Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio PhilipKolin has managed to put together a comprehensive collection that not only reminds us of the historically significant contributions of African American women playwrights but also connects us to their contemporary relevance. From essay to essay, the scholarship is consistently at the highest level. This collection is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in American Theatre in general and in African American Theatre specifically - Valerie Curtis-Newton, University of Washington Far too often scholarly criticism on contemporary African American drama has focused on the work of African American male playwrights. Philip C. Kolin's superb collection of essays, however, puts African American female playwrights front and center. with articles that move chronologically from Zora Neale Hurston and Marita Bonner in the Harlem Renaissance to Suzan-Lori Parks and Lynn Nottage in the 1990s, Contemporary African American Women Playwrights documents, situates, examines and analyzes the plays of significant black women playwrights. The essays provide fresh insight into the artistry of these authors. Perhaps even more importantly, the articles and one interview that are contained in this volume effectively foreground the ways in which these women playwrights profoundly explore the intersections of race, gender and sexuality as they comment on, critique, transform, and potentially even transcend the historical experiences of black people in America. for students and scholars of American theatre and drama generally and African American theatre and drama most particularly, this is an extremely valuable critical source. - Harry J. Elam Jr, Stanford University, 'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.' - Choice 'This resource is invaluable to the drama/theatre teacher... This [treatment of themes] makes the collection useful to a much wider range of academics and other professionals.' - Multicultural Review 'Compelling... the eminently readable essays are interesting and accessible for students and scholars of theatre and a broader readership interested in how theatre is informed by by the cultural politics of race in the USA.' - New Theatre Quarterly 'Philip C. Kolin has assembled a compelling and eclectic collection of essays that are well researched and revealing. The volume should prove a welcome addition to scholars and provide a useful introduction to the diversity of Parkse(tm)s canon for students of American theatre.' - Modern Drama, Contemporary African American Women Playwrights powerfully reminds readers of the capacity of theater, drama, and spectacle to stimulate audiences toward the establishment of community and the pursuit of social change. - Joycelyn Moody, University of Texas, Editor of African American Review This collection is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in American Theatre in general and in African American Theatre specifically - Valerie Curtis-Newton, University of Washington Philip C. Kolin's superb collection of essays, provide fresh insight into the artistry of these authors. For students and scholars of American theatre and drama generally and African American theatre and drama most particularly, this is an extremely valuable critical source. - Harry J. Elam Jr, Stanford University, 'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.' - Choice 'This resource is invaluable to the drama/theatre teacher... This [treatment of themes] makes the collection useful to a much wider range of academics and other professionals.' - Multicultural Review 'Compelling... the eminently readable essays are interesting and accessible for students and scholars of theatre and a broader readership interested in how theatre is informed by by the cultural politics of race in the USA.' - New Theatre Quarterly 'Philip C. Kolin has assembled a compelling and eclectic collection of essays that are well researched and revealing. The volume should prove a welcome addition to scholars and provide a useful introduction to the diversity of Parks's canon for students of American theatre.' - Modern Drama
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
812/.52099287
Table Of Content
Introduction Philip C. Kolin 1. "Something's going on here that concerns me": Johnson, Hurston, Bonner, and Hansberry David Krasner 2. Dialectical Dialogues: Performing Blackness in the Drama of Alice Childress Soyica Diggs 3. "Shaking Loose": Sonia Sanchez's Militant Drama Jacqueline Wood 4. American History/African Nightmares: Adrienne Kennedy and Civil Rights Philip C. Kolin 5. "Boogie Woogie Landscapes: The Dramatic/Poetic Collage of Ntozake Shange James Fisher 6. The Feminist/Womanist Vision of Pearl Cleage Beth Turner 7. "We must keep on writing": The Plays of Aishah Rahman Brandi Wilkins Catanese 8. Glenda Dickerson's Nu Shu: Combining Feminist Discourse/Predagogy/Theatre Freda Scott Giles 9. "Everybody's Talking": Anna Deavere Smith's Documentary Theater Joan Wylie Hall 10. Diggin the Fo'-Fathers: Suzan-Lori Parks's Histories Debby Thompson 11. An Intimate Look at the Plays of Lynn Nottage Sandra G. Shannon 12.An Interview with Lynn Nottage Sandra G. Shannon Notes on Contributors
Synopsis
'The impressive array of scholars gathered in this collection, all experts in the field, read the plays with nuance and situate them deftly within their cultural and historical contexts. Scholars of contemporary theater and drama and of African American literature will find value in this engaging collection.' - Choice 'For students and scholars of American theatre and drama generally and African American theatre and drama most particularly, this is an extremely valuable critical source.' - Harry Elam, Stanford University, USA In the last fifty years, American and World theatre has been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Contemporary African American Women Playwrights is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas. Kolin compiles a wealth of new essays, comprising: Yale scholar David Krasner on the dramatic legacy of Lorraine Hansberry, Zora Neale Hurston, Marita Bonner and Georgia Douglas Johnson individual chapters devoted to: Alice Childress, Sonia Sanchez, Adrienne Kennedy, Ntozake Shange, Pearl Cleage, Aishah Rahman, Glenda Dickerson, Anna Deavere Smith and Suzan Lori-Parks an essay and accompanying interview with Lynn Nottage comprehensive discussion of attendant theatrical forms, from choreopoems and surrealistic plays, to documentary theatre and civil rights dramas, and their use in challenging racial and gender hierarchies. Contributors: Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Soyica Diggs, James Fisher, Freda Scott Giles, Joan Wylie Hall, Philip C. Kolin, David Krasner, Sandra G. Shannon, Debby Thompson, Beth Turner and Jacqueline Wood., In the last 50 years, American and World theatre have been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Contemporary African American Women Playwrights is the first critical volume to explore the contexts and influences of these writers, and their exploration of black history and identity through a wealth of diverse, courageous and visionary dramas.
LC Classification Number
PS338.N4C66 2007
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