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Contemporary plays by African American women : ten complete works

Title: Contemporary plays by African American women : ten complete works / edited by Sandra Adell.
Publication: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

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Description

xix, 408 pages : portraits; 25 cm

Summary

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.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Drama.

Contents

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 Udine / 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.

Call Number

Sc E 16-47

ISBN

9780252039713
0252039718
9780252081194
0252081196

LCCN

2015954294

OCLC

907966294
907966294

Title

Contemporary plays by African American women : ten complete works / edited by Sandra Adell.

Publisher

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Women Americans African Americans

Added Author

Adell, Sandra, editor.

Barfield, Tanya. Blue door.

Shephard-Massat, S. M.. Levee James.

Hall, Katori. Hoodoo love.

Salter, Nikkole. Carnaval.

Thompson, Lisa B., 1965- Single black female.

Nottage, Lynn. Fabulation.

Anderson, Christina (Playwright). Blacktop sky.

Diamond, Lydia R., 1969- Voyeurs de Venus.

Brooks, J. Nicole. Fedra.

Garrett, Keli. Uppa creek.

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