Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Young, Harvey, 1975-

Description

1. xxi, 336 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. "This new edition provides an expanded, comprehensive history of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Including discussions of slave rebellions on the national stage, African Americans on Broadway, the Harlem Renaissance, African American women dramatists, and the New Negro and Black Arts movements, the Companion also features fresh chapters on significant contemporary developments, such as the influence of the Black Lives Matter movement, the mainstream successes of Black Queer Drama and the evolution of African American Dance Theatre. Leading scholars spotlight the producers, directors, playwrights, and actors who have fashioned a more accurate appearance of Black life on stage, revealing the impact of African American theatre both within the United States and around the world. Addressing recent theatre productions in the context of political and cultural change, it invites readers to reflect on where African American theatre is heading in the twenty-first century"--

Series statement

1. Cambridge companions to theatre and performance

Uniform title

1. Cambridge companions to theatre and performance.

Alternative title

1. Companion to African American theatre
2. African American theatre

Subject

1. African American theater -- History
2. American drama -- African American authors -- History and criticism
3. African Americans in the performing arts
4. African American theater
5. American drama -- African American authors
6. American drama
7. United States

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History.

Contents

1. Introduction / Harvey Young -- 1. Slavery, performance, and the design of African American theatre / Douglas A. Jones, Jr. -- 2. Slave rebellions on the national stage / Heather S. Nathans -- 3. Early Black Americans on Broadway / Monica White Ndounou -- 4. Drama in the Harlem Renaissance / Soyica Diggs Colbert -- 5. The Negro little theatre movement / Jonathan Shandell -- 6. Black women dramatists, 1930-1960 / Adrienne Macki -- 7. Amiri Baraka and the Black arts movement / Aimee Zygmonski -- 8. Fragmented musicals and 1970s soul aesthetic / Samuel O'Connell -- 9. Spectacles of whiteness from Adrienne Kennedy to Suzan-Lori Parks / Faedra Chatard Carpenter -- 10. African American performance and community engagement / Nadine George-Graves -- 11. Women playwrights who cross cultural borders / Sandra G. Shannon -- 12. African diaspora drama / Sandra L. Richards -- 13. Black theatre in the age of Obama / Harry J. Elam, Jr. -- 14. Staging Black Lives Matter / Khalid Y. Long -- 15. Contemporary Black queer drama / Leticia L. Ridley -- 16. African American dance theatre / Ariel Nereson.

Call number

1. Sc E 24-489

Note

1. Previous edition: 2013.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. The Cambridge companion to African American theatre / edited by Harvey Young.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2023]

Copyright date

1. ©2023

Edition

1. Second edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Cambridge companions to theatre and performance
2. Cambridge companions to theatre and performance.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Young, Harvey, 1975- editor, writer of introduction.

ISBN

1. 9781009359580 (hardcover)
2. 1009359584 (hardcover)
3. 9781009359559 (paperback)
4. 100935955X (paperback)
5. 9781009359566 (electronic book)

Research call number

1. Sc E 24-489
2. MWED 23-4342