Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Johnson, E. Patrick, 1967-
2. Rivera-Servera, Ramón H., 1973-
3. McCauley, Robbie
4. Jones, Rhodessa
5. Davis-Bellamy, Nancy Cheryll
6. Cooper-Anifowoshe, Edris
7. Bridgforth, Sharon
8. Robinson, Stacey Karen
9. DeBerry, Misty

Description

1. xxiv, 367 pages : illustrations; 23 cm +

Summary

1. "This collection features seven solo performance scripts by black feminist performance artists from the past three decades. The scripts are accompanied by interviews with the artists and critical essays, as well as a DVD showcasing the performances."--Cover p. [4].

Subject

1. McCauley, Robbie
2. Jones, Rhodessa
3. Davis-Bellamy, Nancy Cheryll
4. Cooper-Anifowoshe, Edris
5. Bridgforth, Sharon
6. Robinson, Stacey Karen
7. DeBerry, Misty
8. Monologues, American -- 21st century
9. African American women dramatists -- Interviews
10. African American actresses -- Interviews
11. American drama -- African American authors -- Criticism and interpretation
12. American drama -- Women authors -- Criticism and interpretation
13. African American women -- Social conditions -- Drama

Genre/Form

1. Filmed performances.

Contents

1. Foreword / D. Soyini Madison -- Introduction / E. Patrick Johnson and Ramon Rivera-Servera -- Sugar : a work-in-progress / Robbie McCauley -- Interview with Robbie McCauley / E. Patrick Johnson -- "I've got the sweetest hangover" : Robbie McCauley's Sugar / Sandra L. Richards -- Big-butt girls, hard-headed women / Rhodessa Jones -- Interview with Rhodessa Jones / E. Patrick Johnson -- In the space between living and dying : Rhodessa Jones's Big-butt girls, hard-headed women / Lisa Biggs -- Passing solo / Nancy Cheryll Davis-Bellamy -- Interview with Nancy Cheryll Davis-Bellamy / Jennifer Devere Brody -- Performing Passing and Passing as performance : on Nancy Cheryll Davis-Bellamy's Passing solo, based on Nella Larsen's novella Passing / Bryant Keith Alexander -- Adventures of a black girl in search of academic clarity and inclusion / Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe -- Interview with Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe / Omi Osun Joni L. Jones -- "How does it feel to be a problem?" : Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe's Adventures of a black girl in search of academic clarity and inclusion / Renee Alexander Craft -- delta dandi : ritual/jazz theater / Sharon Bridgforth -- Interview with Sharon Bridgforth / Anita González -- Aquanova : Collapsing time in the lives of Sharon Bridgforth's delta dandi / Stephanie L. Batiste -- Quiet frenzy / Stacey Karen Robinson -- Interview with Stacey Karen Robinson / Diana R. Paulin -- The body, trauma, and history in Stacey Karen Robinson's Quiet frenzy / Nadine George-Graves -- Milkweed / Misty DeBerry -- Interview with Misty DeBerry / Raquel L. Monroe -- Witness and the politics of readdressing black pain and pleasure: Misty DeBerry's Milkweed / Francesca Royster -- Acknowledgments / E. Patrick Johnson and Ramon H. Rivera-Servera.

Call number

1. Sc E 15-1141

Note

1. "The publication also includes a DVD of video samples for each of the performances documented, discussed, and analyzed within"--Introduction.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Solo/black/woman : scripts, interviews, and essays / edited by E. Patrick Johnson and Ramón H. Rivera-Servera ; foreword by D. Soyini Madison.

Publisher

1. Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.

Type of content

1. text
2. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. unmediated
2. video

Type of carrier

1. volume
2. videodisc

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Johnson, E. Patrick, 1967-
2. Rivera-Servera, Ramón H., 1973-
3. McCauley, Robbie. Sugar.
4. Jones, Rhodessa. Big-butt girls, hard-headed women.
5. Davis-Bellamy, Nancy Cheryll. Passing solo.
6. Cooper-Anifowoshe, Edris. Adventures of a black girl in search of academic clarity and inclusion.
7. Bridgforth, Sharon. Delta dandi.
8. Robinson, Stacey Karen. Quiet frenzy.
9. DeBerry, Misty. Milkweed.

LCCN

1. 2013016091

ISBN

1. 9780810129474 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2. 0810129477 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 15-1141
2. Sc Visual DVD-2026 [videodisc]