Author: Adrienne Kennedy
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573621666
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"Drama / 3m, 5f / wing and drop"--Back cover.
Language: en
Pages: 24
Pages: 24
Language: en
Pages: 25
Pages: 25
A Study Guide for Adrienne Kennedy's "Funny House of a Negro," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all
Language: en
Pages: 330
Pages: 330
In the early 1890s, black performer Bob Cole turned blackface minstrelsy on its head with his nationally recognized whiteface creation, a character he called Willie Wayside. Just over a century later, hiphop star Busta Rhymes performed a whiteface superco
Language: en
Pages: 291
Pages: 291
With contributions from the leading scholars in the field, this Companion provides a comprehensive and accessible 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.
Language: en
Pages: 284
Pages: 284
The rich history of African-American theatre has often been overlooked, both in theoretical discourse and in practice. This volume seeks a critical engagement with black theatre artists and theorists of the twentieth century. It reveals a comprehensive view of the Art or Propaganda debate that dominated twentieth century African-American dramatic
Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
In America as in Britain, the rise of the Gothic represented the other—the fearful shadows cast upon Enlightenment philosophies of common sense, democratic positivism, and optimistic futurity. Many critics have recognized the centrality of these shadows to American culture and self-identification. American Gothic, however, remaps the field by offering a
Language: en
Pages: 146
Pages: 146
In the 1960s and 1970s, the civil rights movement and other national and cultural movements fractured dominant paradigms of American identity and demanded a reformulation of American values and norms. This book borrows the moral, ethical, and political purposes of these movements to show how film, literature, photography, and television
Language: en
Pages: 264
Pages: 264
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Language: en
Pages: 311
Pages: 311
Divided into the categories of "history," "theory," "interviews," and "text," the materials in this collection allow the reader to consider the developments of feminist theatre through a variety of perspectives.
Language: en
Pages: 311
Pages: 311
This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.