Research Catalog

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Description

1. xii, 213 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. Studies in theatre history and culture

Uniform title

1. Studies in theatre history and culture.

Subject

1. Theater and society
2. United States
3. African American theater
4. Race relations
5. American Negro Theatre
6. African Americans in the performing arts
7. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century
8. United States > Race relations > 20th century
9. Theater and society > United States > History > 20th century
10. African American theater > History > 20th century

Contents

1. Foreword / by James V. Hatch with Carlye Eckert -- Introduction : beyond an integrationist/separatist binary -- Uptown and downtown with the American Negro Theatre -- The Black dramas of the American Negro Theatre -- Anna Lucasta in Harlem and on Broadway -- Frederick O'Neal's two-front fight for integration in the theatre -- Black selfhood and interracial communion in the drama of Alice Childress -- Communal belonging and solitary sainthood in the films of Sidney Poitier -- Continuations.

Call number

1. Sc E 18-920

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-208) and index.

Author

1. Shandell, Jonathan, author.

Title

1. The American Negro Theatre and the long civil rights era / Jonathan Shandell.

Publisher

1. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Studies in theatre history and culture
2. Studies in theatre history and culture.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-208) and index.

LCCN

1. 2018005482

ISBN

1. 9781609385941 paperback ; alkaline paper
2. 1609385942 paperback ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. Sc E 18-920