Contemporary African American Theater

Afrocentricity in the Works of Larry Neal, Amiri Baraka, and Charles Fuller
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-8153-2872-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Studies in African American History and Culture

The Black Arts Movement was sparked by the Civil Rights movement and the urge to produce and revitalize functional, realistic, and holistic symbols to express African American creativity. When Larry Neal began his quest for a new dramatic form to epitomize African American self-determination he laid the foundation upon which his friends and compatriots-Amiri Baraka and Charles Fuller-would build. Expressing their individual protests through their writings, these artists soon united in their attack against Eurocentrism, which traditionally minimized or neglected the roles played by Africans and African Americans on the world stage. Their writings signaled a radical change in the form and content of African American writing, particularly drama.
In this insightful examination of African American cultural history, the author explores the heart of the dramatic imagination of African Americans during the turbulent years of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. The analysis of the works of these three important dramatists reveals the roots of an Afrocentric approach to the theater, and introduces a new methodology for exploring Afrocentrism that is particularly suited to classes in African American drama and literature.?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anadolu-Okur, Nilgun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The Critical Tradition in Drama; Chapter 2 Larry Neal; Chapter 3 Amiri Baraka; Chapter 4 Charles Fuller; Conclusion Selected Bibliography; Index;

Über Autor(innen)

Nilgun Anadolu-Okur