Dicker/sun African American Theater

A Cultural Companion
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-7480-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Cultural History of Literature

Written in a clear, accessible, storytelling style, African American Theater will shine a bright new light on the culture which has historically nurtured and inspired Black Theater. Functioning as an interactive guide for students and teachers, African American Theater takes the reader on a journey to discover how social realities impacted the plays dramatists wrote and produced.
The journey begins in 1850 when most African people were enslaved in America. Along the way, cultural milestones such as Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Freedom Movement are explored. The journey concludes with a discussion of how the past still plays out in the works of contemporary playwrights like August Wilson and Suzan-Lori Parks.
African American Theater moves unsung heroes like Robert Abbott and Jo Ann Gibson Robinson to the foreground, but does not neglect the race giants. For actors looking for material to perform, the book offers exercises to create new monologues and scenes. Rich with myths, history and first person accounts by ordinary people telling their extraordinary stories, African American Theater will entertain while it educates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dicker/sun, Glenda

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Picture Credits vi
Acknowledgements vii
About this Book viii
Timeline of Significant Events x
Abbreviations xiv
Introduction: A Journey with the People who Forgot how to Fly1
1. The People who Could Fly: Slavery, Stereotypes, Minstrelsy,and Myth 6
2. A Leap for Freedom: The Anti-Slavery Movement 29
3. We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder: Progressing andMigrating 57
4. The Harlem Renaissance: A Sunburst Something like SpiritualEmancipation 80
5. War Stories: Buffalo Soldiers, Black Bird Men, and the Bloods96
6. Sitting Down, Sitting In, and Standing Up: The Black FreedomMovement 113
7. Black is Beautiful: Protest and Performance 137
8. Conversations: A Second Generation Takes Center Stage 153
9. A Presence of Ancestry: I Believe I Can Fly 174
References 193
Index 202

Über Autor(innen)

Glenda Dicker/sun is Professor of Theater and Head of African American Theater Minor at the University of Michigan.