August Wilson in Context

Herausgeber: Long, Khalid Y.; Wooden, Isaiah Matthew

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Produktbeschreibung

"The authoritative guide to the singular career and artistic legacy of one of America's most celebrated playwrights, this collection not only chronicles August Wilson's career and artistic legacy, but also makes apparent his continuing relevance to culture and politics today"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781009363211
• ISBN-10: 1009363212
• Artikelnr.: 73310942

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Khalid Y. Long and Isaiah Matthew Wooden; Part I. Influences
and Inspirations: 1. Pittsburgh's Hill District: the people, the places,
the history Laurence Glasco; 2. Walking the streets of the city: August
Wilson's place in American theatre Heather S. Nathans; 3. August Wilson and
the chitlin circuit Rashida Z. and Shaw McMahon; 4. Jorge Luis Borges and
August Wilson Paul Devlin; 5. Seeing and being, the part and the whole: the
influence of Romare Bearden on August Wilson Jon Dietrick; 6. Of 'manners
and rituals': Baldwin, Bullins and the portrayals of Black life Ernest L.
Gibson III; 7. August Wilson as predecessor Patrick Maley; Part II.
Politics and Debates: 8. August Wilson's women Leticia L. Ridley; 9. Black
masculinity and homosocial bonding in August Wilson's dramas J. Ken
Stuckey; 10. What is this 'Africa' in August Wilson's plays and
scholarship? Sandra L. Richards; 11. 'In my mother's house': August
Wilson's portrait of the Black family Sandra G. Shannon; 12. Transformative
movements: August Wilson and the great migration Ladrica Menson-Furr; 13.
August Wilson wrestles with the Black middle class Lisa B. Thompson; 14.
After the reckoning: revisiting August Wilson's 'The Ground on Which I
Stand' in the wake of Black Lives Matter Aviva Helena Neff; 15. The
enduring charge of August Wilson's 'I want a Black director' Isaiah Matthew
Wooden; Part III. Productions and Collaborations: 16. August Wilson at
Penumbra Macelle Mahala; 17. August Wilson, Chicago, and the Goodman
theatre Megan E. Geigner; 18. From 1984 to 2024: August Wilson on Broadway
Christopher Bell; 19. Directing August Wilson on the British stage:
Paulette Randall's productions of 'The Piano Lesson' and 'Fences' Lynette
Goddard; 20. African American cinematic language and the American century
cycle Monica White Ndounou; 21. Creating dangerous music: the August Wilson
archive at the University of Pittsburgh Library System Leah Mickens and
William Daw; 22. Directing Wilson: a roundtable conversation with Denise
Chapman, TammyRa' Jackson, Ron O. J. Parson, Mark Clayton Southers, Timothy
Douglas, Seret Scott, and Bartlett Sher DeRon S. Williams; 23. Cultural
magpies: a conversation with Jack Magaw and Regina García Khalid Y. Long;
24. Designing August: a conversation with Constanza Romero and David Gallo
Willa J. Taylor; Part IV. Critical and Comparative Contexts: 25. Aunt Ester
and performing memory Omiy¿mi (Artisia) Green; 26. Redefining American
theatre: August Wilson and David Henry Hwang Khalid Y. Long; 27. Uneasy lie
the heads that wear the crowns: constructing a spiritual center in 'The
Emperor Jones and King Hedley II' Donald P. Gagnon; 28. The influence of
images: Hank Aaron and the Little Rock Nine as sources of dramatic tension
in 'Fences' Ellen Bonds; 29. August Wilson's generative 'Gem' for
re-embodiment, materiality, and migratory transformation Iyanna Hamby; 30.
August Wilson and dramaturgy: discovering oral traditions in the American
century cycle Melonnie Walker.