Black Female Playwrights
An Anthology of Plays before 1950
Seiten
1990
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-20623-7 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-20623-7 (ISBN)
"Fine reading and a superb resource." —Ms.
"Highly recommended." —Library Journal
"Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-oriented introduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context." —Choice
"As well as being centered on the black experience, the plays in Black Female Playwrights are centered on the female experience." —Voice Literary Supplement
"Perkins' anthology is valuable for a number of reasons . . . Perkins' book (which includes a bibliography of plays and pageants by black women before 1950 as well as a selected bibliography of critical works) is a major help in providing access to [the world of black drama]." —Theatre Journal
The need to acknowledge these works was the impetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writers who were among the major dramatizers of the black experience during this early period. As forerunners to the activist black theater of the 1950s and 1960s, these plays represent a critical stage in the development of black drama in the United States.
"Highly recommended." —Library Journal
"Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-oriented introduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context." —Choice
"As well as being centered on the black experience, the plays in Black Female Playwrights are centered on the female experience." —Voice Literary Supplement
"Perkins' anthology is valuable for a number of reasons . . . Perkins' book (which includes a bibliography of plays and pageants by black women before 1950 as well as a selected bibliography of critical works) is a major help in providing access to [the world of black drama]." —Theatre Journal
The need to acknowledge these works was the impetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writers who were among the major dramatizers of the black experience during this early period. As forerunners to the activist black theater of the 1950s and 1960s, these plays represent a critical stage in the development of black drama in the United States.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Plumes
A Sunday Morning in the South
Blue Blood
Blue-Eyed Black Boy
Mary P. Burrill
Aftermath
They That Sit in Darkness
Zora Neale Hurston
The First One
Color Struck
Eulalie Spence
Undertow
Fool's Errand
Her
May Miller
Stragglers in the Dust
Riding the Goat
Christophe's Daughters
Harriet Tubman
Marita Bonner
The Purple Flower
Exit: An Illusion
Shirley Graham
It's Morning
I Gotta Home
Plays & Pageants by Black Women before 1950
Selected Bibliography
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.10.1990 |
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Zusatzinfo | 10 b&w photos |
Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
Sprache | englisch |
Gewicht | 481 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
ISBN-10 | 0-253-20623-5 / 0253206235 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-20623-7 / 9780253206237 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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