The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-35958-0 (ISBN)
This new edition provides an expanded, comprehensive history of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. 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, the Companion also features fresh chapters on significant contemporary developments, such as the influence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the mainstream successes of Black Queer Drama and the evolution of African American Dance Theatre. Leading scholars spotlight the producers, directors, playwrights, and actors who have fashioned a more accurate appearance of Black life on stage, revealing the impact of African American theatre both within the United States and around the world. Addressing recent theatre productions in the context of political and cultural change, it invites readers to reflect on where African American theatre is heading in the twenty-first century.
Harvey Young is Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Professor of Theatre at Boston University. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Embodying Black Experience (2010), Theatre & Race (2013) and most recently Theatre after Empire (2021).
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 S. 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. Black women dramatists, 1930–1960 Adrienne Macki; 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.; 14. Staging Black Lives Matter Khalid Y. Long; 15. Contemporary Black Queer Drama Leticia Ridley; 16. African American Dance Theatre Ariel Nereson.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 693 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-35958-4 / 1009359584 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-35958-0 / 9781009359580 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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