Contemporary Plays by Women of Color

An Anthology

Buch | Softcover

510 Seiten

2017 | 2nd edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-18946-1 (ISBN)

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In the two decades since the first edition of Contemporary Plays by Women of Color published, its significance to the theatrical landscape in the United States has grown exponentially. In this second edition, Roberta Uno brings together an up-to-date selection of plays from renowned and emerging playwrights tackling a variety of topics.

In the two decades since the first edition of Contemporary Plays by Women of Color was published, its significance to the theatrical landscape in the United States has grown exponentially.

Work by female writers and writers of color is more widely produced, published, and studied than ever before. Drawing from an exciting range of theaters, large and small, from across the country, Roberta Uno brings together an up-to-date selection of plays from renowned and emerging playwrights tackling a variety of topics. From the playful to the painful, this revised and updated edition presents a rich array of voices, aesthetics, and stories for a transforming America.

Roberta Uno is a theater director and Director of Arts in a Changing America based at the California Institute for the Arts.

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Roberta Uno

Cardboard Piano
Hansol Jung

Clothes
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary
Marissa Chibas

Eclipsed
Danai Gurira

Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
Quiara Alegría Hudes

Etchings in the Sand
Meena Natarajan ∙ Ananya Chatterjea

Food and Fadwa
Lameece Issaq ∙ Jacob Kader

Gunshot Medley
Dionna Michelle Daniel

He Lei no Kākā‘āko: Woven Memories
Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker

Lines in the Dust
Nikkole Salter

Mala Hierba
Tanya Saracho

N*gg*
Lynn Nottage

Our Lady of Kibeho
Katori Hall

Our Voices Will Be Heard
Vera Starbard

Scenes from 68* Years
Hannah Khalil

Stand-Off at HW#37
Vickie Ramirez

Sun Sisters
Vasanti Saxena

The Adventures at Camp KaKeeKwaSha and the Magic Musky Casino! Marcie R. Rendon

The Wild Inside
Cusi Cram

The Wong Street Journal
Kristina Wong

What Would Crazy Horse Do?
Larissa FastHorse

Zafira the Olive Oil Warrior
Kathryn Haddad

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2017
Zusatzinfo	22 Halftones, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	872 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-138-18946-4 / 1138189464
ISBN-13	978-1-138-18946-1 / 9781138189461
Zustand	Neuware