Contemporary Plays by African American Women (eBook, ePUB)

Ten Complete Works
Redaktion: Adell, Sandra

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

African American women have increasingly begun to see their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of these artists still struggle to gain attention. In this volume, Sandra Adell draws from the vital wellspring of works created by African American women in the twenty-first century to present ten plays by both prominent and up-and-coming writers. Taken together, the selections portray how these women engage with history as they delve into--and shake up--issues of gender and class to craft compelling stories of African American life. Gliding from gritty urbanism to rural landscapes, these works expand boundaries and boldly disrupt modes of theatrical representation. Selections: Blue Door , by Tanya Barfield; Levee James , by S. M. Shephard-Massat; Hoodoo Love , by Katori Hall; Carnaval , by Nikkole Salter; Single Black Female , by Lisa B. Thompson; Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine , by Lynn Nottage; BlackTop Sky , by Christina Anderson; Voyeurs de Venus , by Lydia Diamond; Fedra , by J. Nicole Brooks; and Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition , by Keli Garrett.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252097812
• Artikelnr.: 44829699

Autorenporträt

Sandra Adell is a literature professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Double-Consciousness/Double Bind: Theoretical Issues in Twentieth-Century Black Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Blue Door / Tanya Barfield
Levee James / S. M. Shephard-Massat
Hoodoo Love / Katori Hall
Carnaval / Nikkole Salter
Single Black Female / Lisa B. Thompson
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine / Lynn Nottage
BlackTop Sky / Christina Anderson
Voyeurs de Venus / Lydia R. Diamond
Fedra / J. Nicole Brooks
Uppa Creek: A Modern Anachronistic Parody in the Minstrel Tradition / Keli
Garrett
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